When women can't afford it, contraception is no longer a choice, it's a luxury

Contraceptive. [iStockphoto]

Access to contraception has continued to be a thorn in women's lives because of all the challenges they face when trying to get these crucial services. Services that allow them to have children by choice and not by chance. You would wonder why such a great thing would be fought so much.

From the inaccessibility of a variety of contraceptive methods to the need for women to seek consent from their partners and or families before getting contraception to the high cost of the methods themselves. All these things make the dream of women enjoying their bodily autonomy remain just that, a dream.