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Family Planning Programs Saved Taxpayers $10.5 Billion in 2010: Report
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Contributor | WesternDem |
Last Edited | WesternDem Jul 30, 2013 04:39pm |
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Category | News |
Author | Laura Bassett |
Media | Website - Huffington Post |
News Date | Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Publicly funded family planning services saved the government a total of $10.5 billion in 2010 and prevented 760,000 abortions, according to a new study released on Tuesday.
The report, conducted by the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health think tank, found that every dollar the government spent to fund contraceptive services in 2010 saved taxpayers $5.68. A total of 8.9 million women received publicly supported contraceptive services that year through either the Title X federal family planning program or through Medicaid assistance, and 1.1 million unplanned births were prevented. |
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