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Unintended Pregnancy Rates Linked to Proportion of Women Uninsured or on Medicaid

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by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check

February 7, 2012 - 10:09am (Print)

A new analysis from researchers at the Guttmacher Institute found that states' unintended pregnancy rates are related to the proportion of women in the state who are uninsured and receiving Medicaid.

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Afternoon Roundup: Republicans Say Abortion More Important Than Economy, Birthornot.com Couple "Rejects" Abortion

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by Amie Newman

December 7, 2010 - 7:36pm (Print)

Newly elected Republicans around the country are hard at work dealing with the troubles afflicting our nation...access to abortion for women; The "Birthornot.com" couple makes a shocking decision; and surgeons gather from around the globe to address an entirely preventable and treatable childbirth-caused condition called obstetric fistula.

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Roundup: More Debate Over Public Employees' Health Insurance Coverage of Abortions

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by Rachel Larris

March 17, 2010 - 11:01am (Print)

It seems like every day there’s more news about the sudden wave of thought that public employees’ health insurance plans that include coverage of abortion services are equivalent to “taxpayer-funded abortions.”

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House Health Reform Bill Repeals Popular CHIP Program

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by Mike Lillis, New Journalist Fellow

November 3, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)

Not even nine months after President Obama, with much fanfare, signed into law a five year, $33 billion reauthorization of the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, House Democrats have proposed to dismantle it.
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