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  Family Planning Programs Saved Taxpayers $10.5 Billion in 2010: Report
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Last EditedWesternDem  Jul 30, 2013 04:39pm
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AuthorLaura Bassett
MediaWebsite - Huffington Post
News DateTuesday, July 30, 2013 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionPublicly 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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