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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alicja Hagopian

What Project 2025 actually says about birth control is alarming

A protestor holds a sign reading ‘My Body My Choice’ at a Women’s March rally outside the State Capitol on October 8, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. - (Getty Images)

After Roe v Wade was overturned in 2022, the necessity of free and accessible contraception has been a near-constant talking point.

But the cost of contraception in the US is higher than you might think. Indeed, contraception accounted for 30-44 percent of out-of-pocket healthcare costs for women before it was covered by the ACA, according to Planned Parenthood.

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