Free birth control is not an entitlement. 

It is a protection.

There is a certain condition for a society to function smoothly. Care. 

It is a given that in any society, people care and have compassion about themselves and others, especially youth.

It is also a given that human beings are wild enough and still connected to nature enough for sex to occur no matter what barriers are present. Everything about human interaction eventually leads to sex. 

Trying to fight that is comparable to fighting the mechanisms that produce the tide. And sex comes with serious risk; sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, etc.

Put these conditions together and it becomes imperative that protections be in place. A society cares for its members, sex occurs no matter what and individuals are at great risk of harm from it. 

Therefore, protection must be readily available.

It is not a question of entitlement. 

Birth control is not a right and shouldn’t be the responsibility of the state. If someone doesn’t want to pay for birth control, they should not be forced to.

Nor is it a question of morality. 

Promoting abstinence does nothing to stem the issue of unprotected sexual activity. It ignores it. 

How exactly does one stop people who are adamant about having sex? Monitor them?

It is absurd to think a person deserves free condoms or that condoms are morally wrong. Just as it is absurd to say kids playing a pickup football game deserve helmets or wearing those helmets are

morally wrong. 

If someone were to provide helmets to the kids, it would be for protection. And it would be reasonable for those kids to wear the helmets. So it is with free birth control.

The question that should be asked is not whether or not birth control should be freely provided, as many progressives and conservatives erringly argue ad nauseum. 

The question that needs to be asked and argued is how free birth control should be provided and paid for. That’s where the problem lies.

Should birth control be the responsibility of all members of a society or should it only be the responsibility of those who are engaged in the activity?

As a libertarian, I argue that birth control is a private need and should be taken care of privately by those who care about it. 

For example, parents. Parents should pay for their kids’ birth control, because they are the ones responsible for their

children’s help.

The tired argument between the left-wing and right-wing on whether people should have access to birth control or not needs to stop. It is only a digression and a

distraction. 

No, birth control is not a right which should be provided by the state via taxation. And no, birth control is not grounds for a moral crusade to promote abstinence while ignoring nature and free will. 

Birth control is

protection. 

Those who care to protect the members of their society are those who should provide it.