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This opinion piece (based on research - http://www.lisdatacenter.org/wps/liswps/693.pdf) really spoke to me:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/opinion/sunday/single-mothers-poverty.html

The author's final note is powerful and a great takeaway: 
[i][b]"Rather than falsely claiming that single motherhood is a major cause of poverty, we should support single mothers in raising America’s children."[/b][/i]

We need to look for ways to lessen the penalties for these risk factors to break the cycle of poverty. Personally, I think we should address the four risk factors for poverty with LARCs and educational support: 
1) Teen pregnancy - provide free/accessible LARCs 
2) Education - provide multi-generation educational support with wrap-around services to get more people get HS degrees or higher
3) Unemployment - provide multi-generation educational support with wrap-around services to get more people get certificates/training (e.g., healthcare technicians) 
4) Single mothers - provide free/accessible LARCs, making it easier for women to wait until marriage to have children

And rather than compare who had it harder, find ways to support those still in need. Free college helped raise up PP's family. What can we do to help raised up others?

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OP - any thoughts on the bolded comment above? 
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Not OP. Are you saying that the poor young women today have no access to birth control?
[url=https://www.webmd.com/health-insurance/aca-birth-control-coverage-faq#1]Medicaid programs already offered free birth control prior to the health reform law, although they are not required to cover all FDA-approved birth control methods. Check with your Medicaid office to find out what types of birth control are offered. In addition, states are given the option to provide family planning services only for low-income individuals who would not otherwise be eligible for Medicaid. Just over half the states have expanded family planning services under this option.[/url]
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No. Make it free and very accessible though (no waiting lists, no challenging appointment schedules). And market it. Colorado had huge success with it. 
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/PSD_TitleX3_CFPI-Report.pdf

"Between 2009 and 2014, birth and abortion rates both declined
by [b]nearly 50 percent[/b] among teens aged 15-19 and
by 20 percent among young women aged 20-24.
Public assistance costs associated with births that
were averted among women aged 15-24 totaled
between $54.6 and $60.6 million for four entitlement programs."

" The Colorado Family Planning Initiative provided funding for
LARC purchases, trained health care providers, and
provided operational and outreach support. Clinics
hired staff, enlisted health care providers for LARC
insertion, upgraded equipment and billing procedures,
added sites and increased hours, and reached out to
local schools and other community partners.
A separately-funded campaign called Beforeplay
provided clinics with a website resource where young
people learn about birth control methods and locate
reproductive health services."[/quote]

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