By Cassie Stiftl

LIFESTYLE DRUGS, BUDGET CUTS, AND

NEOLIBERALISM: RESHAPING WOMEN’S

RELATIONSHIPS TO ORAL

CONTRACEPTIVES

New oral contraceptives are being sold as lifestyle drugs Yaz Advertisements Seasonal Advertisements

Cuts to public health care resources Planned Parenthood Medicare/Medicaid Debates over insurance coverage

SHIFTING RELATIONSHIPS TO BIRTH CONTROL

I argue these shifts can be explained by the ever increasing dominance of neoliberal ideology and values in economic policy and political debates. Creating new products and markets Austerity politics and privatization

However, these trends do not right the wrongs of stratified reproduction Classed and race notions of womanhood Unequal access to reproductive technologies

HOW TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE SHIFTS