Posted on 07/21/2004 7:30:10 PM PDT by usmc1775
Project prevention goes beyond asking addicts to use birth control. Rather, we offer cash incentives to men and women who act to prevent pregnancies while using drugs.
Temporary or permanent, the choice to use birth control while taking drugs can prevent the suffering and potential death of an innocent child.
Avoiding unwanted pregnancies. Preventing abortions. Lowering the caseloads of social workers. All this while saving taxpayers millions of dollars.
A common sense approach to a very serious problem!
A substance exposed infant is born more frequently than once every 90 seconds.
The US General Accounting Office estimates that parental abuse of alcohol and drugs is a factor in the placement of more than 75% of all children in foster care.
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