Many low-income women in Texas do not get the effective contraception they want after giving birth
In the United States, approximately half of women who have recently had a baby use the least effective methods of contraception, including condoms and withdrawal, or no method at all. Unintended pregnancies often result – and pregnancies spaced less than eighteen months apart are associated with poor birth outcomes.
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Many low-income women in Texas do not get the effective contraception they want after giving birth
Joseph E. Potter, University of Texas at Austin, Kate Coleman-Minahan, University of Colorado College of Nursing, Kari White, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Daniel A. Powers and Chloe Dillaway, University of Texas at Austin, Amanda J. Stevenson, University of Colorado Boulder, Kristine Hopkins, University of Texas at Austin, and Daniel Grossman, University of California, San Francisco
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