Only because Miss Missouri is a girl I used to babysit ages ago (she made it to the top 10!) did I actually watch most of the Miss USA pageant on NBC last night. In case you missed it, the winner of Miss USA, Michigan’s Rima Fakih’s, final question was about the birth control pill (see video):

Q: This month the oral birth control pill marked its 50th anniversary. As a woman do you believe health insurance should cover birth control pills like every other drug?

Fakih: Absolutely…I believe that birth control is just like every other medication even though it’s a controlled substance and it’s provided for free by your OBGYN or any close-by family clinic. It should be something that women should be allowed to get through their insurance because it’s costly.

Just.Brilliant. So, birth control is free and costly at the same time? And when did it become a controlled substance? If this is their idea of a winning answer, I don’t know who has less sense, Ms. Fakih or the judges…

Again, for further commentary see my latest posts on contraception here and here.