A Few Highlights
...prevents 1.94 million unintended pregnancies, including almost 400,000 teen pregnancies, each year. These pregnancies would result in 860,000 unintended births, 810,000 abortions and 270,000 miscarriages...
...Absent publicly funded family planning services, the U.S. abortion rate would be nearly two-thirds higher than it currently is, and nearly twice as high among poor women.
...Avoiding the significant costs associated with these unintended births saves taxpayers $4 for every $1 spent on family planning.
...Six in 10 women who get care at a family planning center, including three out of four who are poor, consider the center to be their usual source of health care, according to the report.
...Absent publicly funded family planning services, the U.S. abortion rate would be nearly two-thirds higher than it currently is, and nearly twice as high among poor women.
...Avoiding the significant costs associated with these unintended births saves taxpayers $4 for every $1 spent on family planning.
...Six in 10 women who get care at a family planning center, including three out of four who are poor, consider the center to be their usual source of health care, according to the report.
PS: If this doesn't belong in this subforum, feel free to move it. I just thought as most abortion debates tend to go off on tangents, this would be nice evidence if the tangent goes toward health care.
