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After Trump’s election, long-acting contraceptive use jumped among women with private insurance

In the days after Donald Trump was elected, news outlets picked up on what seemed to be a trend: Women were rushing to get long-acting contraception. Now, a new study…

In the days after Donald Trump was elected, news outlets picked up on what seemed to be a trend: Women, fearing new restrictions on birth control access or changes to the Affordable Care Act, were rushing to get intrauterine devices and other types of long-acting contraception.

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