{"id":43392,"date":"2014-07-07T22:30:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T04:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/07\/some-good-contraceptive-news-for-a-change.html"},"modified":"2014-07-09T20:39:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T02:39:21","slug":"some-good-contraceptive-news-for-a-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/07\/some-good-contraceptive-news-for-a-change.html","title":{"rendered":"Some GOOD contraceptive news for a change"},"content":{"rendered":"
At the very least, there's some pretty big correlation going on.\ufeff<\/div>\n

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Colorado claims contraceptive program caused big drop in teen birth rates<\/a>
\n A state health initiative to reduce teen birth rates by providing more than 30,000 contraceptive devices at low or no cost has led to a 40 percent drop in five years, Gov. John Hickenlooper said Thursday.\n <\/p>\n

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At the very least, there's some pretty big correlation going on.\ufeff Colorado claims contraceptive program caused big drop in teen birth rates A state health initiative to reduce teen birth rates by providing more than 30,000 contraceptive devices at low or no cost has led to a 40 percent drop in five years, Gov. 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The program funds long-term contraception, like IUDs.Despite the savings in Medicaid costs from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26411,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/15\/the-myth-of-who-will-pay-for-contraceptive-coverage.html","url_meta":{"origin":43392,"position":1},"title":"The myth of who will pay for contraceptive coverage","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 15-Feb-12 6:47am","format":false,"excerpt":"The short-form answer: nobody. Because providing contraceptive coverage actually reduces costs for insurance companies, because pregnancies (intended and un-) cost insurance companies (among others) a lot more. #ddtb Embedded Link Do Conservatives Understand How the Female Body Works? 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That won't deter some folk, but it's a bigger barrier for relatively casual use than ideal.More importantly, though:(2) There's no big money in it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9633,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/05\/22\/end_of_a_period.html","url_meta":{"origin":43392,"position":4},"title":"End of a Period","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 22-May-06 1:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting article on how, increasingly, women are getting contraceptive (or contraceptive-like) treatments to basically stop their menstrual cycles -- and doing it for non-clinical reasons. 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