Should birth control be free?

Encyclopedia of Opinion

Question: Should birth control be free?
Position‹3 of 3: Some forms of birth control should be free
Argument1 of 2›: Condoms are easy to access

Condoms can be carried in almost every kind of store and do not require a prescription, providing ease of access.

The argument

By making condoms free, we would be both increasing production in the birth control industry and providing easy access to a simple form of birth control. Condoms are small, simple and easy to use. They can be carried by nearly every basic grocery or drug store supplier, and only cost around a dollar each. It's a win-win. Free condoms are also a much easier debate than free birth control pills, IUDs, or implants. They are not surgical, they are easy to understand, and almost anyone can get them.

Premises

[P1]Making condoms free would both increase production in the birth-control industry and provide easy access to a simple contraceptive. [P2] Condoms are small, simple, and cheap, stocked by nearly every grocery or drug store at about a dollar each. [P3] Unlike pills, IUDs, or implants, they are non-surgical and easy to understand, making them an easier case for free provision. [C] Therefore, because condoms are so easy to access, some forms of birth control should be free.

Counter-arguments

Condoms still cost money to create, and unless stores are being given condoms to give out for free, cost money to place inside stores. We also cannot trust that people would not steal these free condoms and attempt to turn a profit, taking all of them and trying to sell them.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P2] This is not economically sustainable.