“My staff is probably going to talk to me about this later,” Boebert prefaced her story.

“But I left a prescription at a pharmacy once.

I went to get birth control.

Lauren Boebert speaking

I was there at the counter and went to pay for it.

And the price was very, very high.

I said, ‘Wow, is this a three, six-month prescription?’

Left: Lauren Boebert speaking, Right: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaking

‘No, ma’am, this is one month.’

And I said, ‘It’s cheaper to have a kid,’ and I left it there.

And now I have my third son, Kaydon Boebert” (viaThe Hill).

Lauren Boebert walks in hallway holding grandchild

Boebert’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood rested on the last of these listed services.

The future politician dropped out of high school to care for her child before later obtaining her GED.