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Rekindling Efforts to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy: A Matter of ‘Equity and Common Sense’

This is recent research from the Guttmacher Institute on ways public policy can do more to help low-income American women prevent unwanted pregnancies. It discusses expanding Medicaid coverage for contraception so that it matches Medicaid coverage for pregnancy-related care in order to prevent nearly 500,000 unwanted pregnancies annually, including 200,000 abortions, and save $1.5 billion in annual federal and state expenditures.

You Should Know

In a study of 724 adolescent mothers between the ages of 12-18, one of every eight pregnant adolescents reported having been physically assaulted by the father of her baby during the preceding twelve months. Of these, 40% also reported experiencing violence at the hands of a family member or relative.
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