• Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It was actually costing less to have that program then the cost associated with increased Medicaid usage from low income teen mothers.

    That is even before you consider the costs associated with the loss of lifetime earnings from the teens loss of education.

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      3 months ago

      But if we give them reproductive healthcare, how are we going to punish women for having sex? Checkmate libruls!