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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2006;296:1225.

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Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid (D, Nev) and Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton (D, NY) said a new report, issued by the Guttmacher Institute on August 16, validates a bill intended to significantly reduce unwanted pregnancies. The report concluded that expanding Medicaid coverage for contraception so that it matches Medicaid coverage for pregnancy-related care, as proposed in the Reid and Clinton bill (S 2916), would enable low-income women to prevent nearly 500 000 unwanted pregnancies annually, including 200 000 abortions (http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/gpr/09/3/gpr090302.html). The institute is a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis, and public education.

The Democrats' bill would also amend current law to ensure that states extend coverage for family planning services and supplies to women who would be entitled to Medicaid-funded prenatal, labor, delivery, and postpartum care.