Utah Lawmaker Says Providing Birth Control for Poor Women Would Prevent Hundreds of Abortions
A plan to cover the costs of birth control for poor women in Utah would help women and families climb out of poverty by preventing unwanted pregnancies and save taxpayer money and prevent abortions, a state lawmaker working on the proposal said Wednesday.
Utah is one of seven states that doesn’t offer family planning coverage for low-income residents, but Rep. Ray Ward, a Bountiful Republican who is also a family doctor, told members of a poverty committee that he’s working to change that.
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