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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 2006, the FDA approved a vaccine for Human Papillomavirus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that approximately 20 million American men and women have genital HPV and that at least 50% of sexually active people will get genital HPV during their lifetime.
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Pregnant Teen: There Was No Pact
June 24, 2008
BOSTON -- A Gloucester teenager who is five months pregnant said Tuesday morning there was no pact among girls in the North Shore fishing community's high school to get pregnant and raise their babies together. -
Teen girls reportedly make pregnancy pact
June 20, 2008
GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts (AP) -- A pact made by a group of teens to get pregnant and raise their babies together is at least partly behind a sudden spike in pregnancies at Gloucester High School, school officials said. -
South Carolina Governor Vetoes Funding for Abstinence Only Until Marriage Provider
June 19, 2008