This may be an unpopular opinion around here but an IUD is way less expensive than saddling taxpayers with the results of irresponsibility for 18 years or more.
Additionally, if it’s through a private grant what do they care?
From the article the private money is drying up so the state is being asked to pick up to the tab. Given the alternative of supporting teen moms for life with their let us say out-of-wedlock kids or paying the cost of the IUD, the IUD is a bargain.
The private funding runs out in a few months. The program has been so successful in reducing teen pregnancy, the state wants to fund a continuation. But the anti-abortionists want to conflate contraception with abortion and use a state law prohibiting supporting abortion to stop the program. How one views unwanted pregnancies versus the inevitable support of baby mamas seems to determine where one comes down on the issue.
Semi-true.
But, you know what’s even cheaper? Personal responsibility w/out sticking the gun of govt in everyone’s wallet.
Private grants soon before public monies when the former dries up but the ‘need’ is still there.
Never does FREE go away.