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Free birth control doesn’t promote risky sexual behavior in women

Researchers at the School of Medicine have shown that providing women with free contraception does not increase the likelihood that they will have sex with multiple partners, as critics of the practice have suggested. Shown is the study’s first author, Gina Secura, PhD.
By Diane Duke Williams March 6, 2014January 25, 2016

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