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How limiting women's access to birth control and abortions hurts the economy

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

Reproductive health isn’t just about abortions, despite all the attention they get. It’s also about access to family planning services, contraception, sex education and much else.

Such access lets women control the timing and size of their families so they have children when they are financially secure and emotionally ready and can...

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