US Funds for Family Planning Overseas Debate Heats Up

For over 45 years, the United States has been an ardent promoter of family planning in developing countries, which proponents say has resulted in greatly reduced maternal and child deaths.
US Funds for Family Planning Overseas Debate Heats Up
LIFE RISKS: A displaced Afghan woman holds her child in Kabul in December 2009. In Afghanistan, one in seven women dies in childbirth and the under-5 mortality rate is the highest in the world. USAID says family planning programs can improve these numbers Shah Marai/Getty Images
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LIFE RISKS: A displaced Afghan woman holds her child in Kabul in December 2009. In Afghanistan, one in seven women dies in childbirth and the under-5 mortality rate is the highest in the world. USAID says family planning programs can improve these numbers (Shah Marai/Getty Images )
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