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.
“But the anti-abortionists want to conflate contraception with abortion and use a state law prohibiting supporting abortion to stop the program.”
IUD do indeed cause abortions. They prevent the implantation of a FERTILIZED EGG. Now, it is most likely at the point of that fertilization that human ensoulment takes place. True contraception, on the other hand, like using a condem, prevents the sperm from ever fertilizing the egg.