Honestly, the thing that pisses me off about this birth control issue is that birth control pill are used for more purposes than birth control. Not to be gross, but women who have very heavy and inconsistant periods are prescribed birth control pills to lessen the heavyness and make them regular.
We can’t pay for birth control but we can pay for boner pills - I don’t see the difference.
Insurance companies should be able to decide which to provide and then reap the benefits or suffer the consequences by way of customers choosing them or someone else.
“Boner pills” also serve another purpose. Where does a nudist hang his cap when he combs his hair?
A boner pill is supposed to restore a subnormal sexual function (return it to normal), whereas a contraceptive pill damages sexual function and makes sexual response subnormal.
In other words, it's the difference between favoring health, impairing health.
To be specific, “Side effects are very common with progestins. These can include increased appetite, weight gain, fluid retention, irritability, depression, headaches, decreased energy, acne, and decreased sexual interest." (How's that for sexy?!)
"Even more serious, progestins have been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and clots."
(From Virginia Hopkins medical site on Yaz side effects.)
This does not exclude the possibility that an OC may have a secondary use in the management/treatment of PCOS or dysmennorhea. But in these cases, it's not being used as a contraceptive, but as a legitimate medicine tailored to treat (not cause) individual gynecological conditions.