Commentary: The only man in Utah we want touching our birth control is Rep. Ray Ward

Although conversations regarding access to birth control and women’s health care are often presented from an ideological standpoint, for the women we serve, affordable access to contraception is not ideological. It is essential health care.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Ray Ward, R-Bountiful, pitches a bill that would cover the cost of birth control for women making less than $12,000 a year. The Women in the Economy committee discussed the proposal during a Tuesday meeting at the Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2017.