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"  Back in August, the Affordable Care Act gave women with health insurance access to free birth control. And according to a new study by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the national abortion rate will decrease as a result. For the study, researchers gathered 9,256 women between the ages of 14 to 45 and enrolled them into the Contraceptive Choice Project, a program that provides free birth control to uninsured women. Two-thirds of this group had previously had an unplanned pregnancy. And prior to the study, participants were either not using birth control or willing to switch to a new one.  The women were provided free FDA-approved birth control for three years and were able to have their pick of which type they&amp;#039;d like to use. The options included the pill and long-acting reversible contraceptive like implants and IUDS. Seventy-five percent of the women chose the T-shaped intrauterine device (IUD), which has close to 100 percent effectiveness and can last five to 10 years. The study, which lasted from 2008 to 2010, found that the women experienced far fewer unplanned pregnancies while on a free birth control that they liked. There were 4.4 to 7.5 abortions per 1,000 women in the study\u2014much fewer than the national rate of 19.6 abortions per 1,000 women. Ultimately, these findings suggest that free birth control could prevent as many as 41 to 75 percent of abortions performed annually in the United States. We hope this new information just might encourage some politicians to change their minds about women&amp;#039;s reproductive rights. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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