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topics under category "Contraception
(Birth Control) and Family Planning".
Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical
issue in many cultures and religions, and although it is generally less
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Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning |
| Public funding for contraceptive, sterilization and abortion services, |
| Family Planning Perspectives. 1993 Nov-Dec;25(6):244-51. |
| In 1992, the federal and state governments spent $645 million to provide contraceptive services. According to the |
| results of a survey of health, social services, and Medicaid agencies conducted by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, |
| Medicaid accounted for 50% of all public spending on family planning services. State governments, which spent a |
| total of $155 million of their own revenues for contraceptive services, accounted for 24% of public funding, Title X for |
| 17%, and the social services and maternal and child health block-grant programs for nearly 10%. Medicaid |
| expenditures for contraceptive services increased dramatically between 1990 and 1992, and were responsible for a |
| 28% rise in total expenditures for contraceptive services during that period. However, when inflation is taken into |
| account, total public expenditures for contraceptive services have decreased by 27% since 1980, and Medicaid has |
| replaced Title X as the primary source of funding for such services. The federal and state governments together |
| spent $138 million to subsidize sterilization services in 1992, an increase of 46% from 1990. The federal and state |
| governments also spent $80 million to provide 202,622 abortions to poor women; less than 1% was contributed by |
| the federal government. These estimates of expenditures are approximations that, because of methodologic |
| problems and changes over time, may overstate public expenditures for contraceptive services. (PubHealth.info |
| Document ID: CONT2T 4568-06) |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Public funding for contraceptive, sterilization and abortion |
| services, fiscal year 1992.", is(are) Daley D; Gold RB. The source of this article is "Family Planning Perspectives. |
| 1993 Nov-Dec;25(6):244-51.". This article was published in 1993 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document |
| ID: CONT2T 4568-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9568 |
| This article is peer-reviewed. |
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