The use of and access to contraception in American culture has been a topic of controversy for several decades, and more recently, it has become a highly popular issue in government and public conversations. This paper serves to examine the ways in which women can be impacted by societal messages relating to contraception for the purposes of preventing pregnancy. By exploring what contraception is, the significance of contraception in our society, how societal attitudes about contraception are formed, and what this can mean for women in the United States, a better understanding of the importance of reproductive and contraceptive rights can be gained.