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After Texas stopped funding Planned Parenthood, low-income women had more babies

After Texas stopped funding Planned Parenthood, low-income women had more babies | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
The state of Texas’ sustained campaign against Planned Parenthood and other family planning clinics affiliated with abortion providers appears to have led to an increase in births among low-income women who lost access to affordable and effective birth control, a new study says.The analysis, published...
PIRatE Lab's insight:

A valuable data point in the debate about access to women's health providers.  Often we have shown reduced mortality, greater reproductive space, etc. when women are provided access to family planning resources.  We have far fewer examples showing the consequences of removing such resources once they have been established.  

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School For Husbands Gets Men To Talk About Family Size

School For Husbands Gets Men To Talk About Family Size | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
The average woman in Niger bears seven children — the world's highest birth rate. And the country can barely feed its current population. How do you convince people that smaller families are better?
PIRatE Lab's insight:

We need to pull down birth rates faster than before.  Local approaches such as this are a key part of the solution.

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