Publicly Funded Family Planning Clinics Prevent 1.4 Million Unintended Pregnancies Each Year, Save $4.3 Billion In Public Funds
July 31, 2008
July 31, 2008
NEW YORK, July 31 -- The Guttmacher Institute has issued the following news release:
Publicly funded family planning clinics provide contraceptive services to approximately seven million women each year. Without these services, the annual number of unintended pregnancies and abortions in the United States would be almost 50% higher. In other words, 1.4 million unintended pregnancies and 600,000 abortions are averted each year because of these services, according to a new Guttmache . . .
Publicly funded family planning clinics provide contraceptive services to approximately seven million women each year. Without these services, the annual number of unintended pregnancies and abortions in the United States would be almost 50% higher. In other words, 1.4 million unintended pregnancies and 600,000 abortions are averted each year because of these services, according to a new Guttmache . . .