Congresswoman Makes Misleading Claims About Contraception Costs During Hearing

Rep. Lauren Boebert said in a House Oversight Committee hearing that birth control was too expensive for her so she had a child instead.
Boebert dropped out of high school at 18 after getting pregnant with her first child and now has three sons.
Critics argue that raising a child costs far more than birth control and Boebert's comments promote harmful stereotypes.
Boebert voted against a bill guaranteeing the right to contraception and has tried to defund Planned Parenthood which provides low-cost birth control.
Boebert's comments were mocked on social media, and her claims about the costs of birth control and child-rearing were fact-checked as misleading.