A five-year study in St. Louis, in which more than 9,250 women ages 14 to 45 were given free birth-control options and family-planning education, showed that women who have access to affordable contraception rarely have unintended pregnancies.
WHAT OTHERS SAY: Common ground and common sense on reducing abortion
Monday, October 8, 2012 | 1:30 p.m. CDT
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