More Contraception Means Fewer Abortions, Study Finds
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More access to long-acting contraception methods resulted in fewer abortions, a study of Iowa women found, adding a new facet to the debate over abortion rights and political efforts to restrict them.
According to a study of more than 500,000 Iowa medical records, from 2005 to 2012, the abortion rate in the state fell by 22 percent, according to research to be published in the medical journal Contraception.