Without birth control, women would get pregnant at short intervals leading to deteriorated health, emotional and psychological disturbances which adversely affect their health condition. Some would resort to abortions when they get unplanned pregnancy putting their lives at risk also risking infertility. Hence, birth control helps women avoid such scenarios that put their health at risk.
According to the Brookings Center on Children and Families, in total, unplanned pregnancy costs U.S. taxpayers between $9.6 and $12.6 billion a year. Medicaid covers almost half of all births in the U.S., and the average cost of those births is $12,770. (Bedsider) The Brookings Center on Children and Families looked at three different ways to prevent unintended pregnancies. It found a national mass media campaign that would cost $100 million would result in about $431 million in savings to taxpayers, it found that spending $145 million on educating participants on how to use birth control would return $356 million to taxpayers, according to the model, and the researchers also found a $235 million investment in Medicaid would lower taxpayer costs of $1.32 billion by preventing unintended pregnancies.