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Brazil to Subsidize Birth Control

Cheaper pills give poor women same right to family planning, says president

By Colleen Barry, Newser Staff

Posted May 29, 2007 7:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – Just weeks after Pope Benedict XVI decried contraception as a threat to the future of Latin America on his visit to Brazil, Brazil's president announced that the government would subsidize birth control pills at private pharmacies so poor women can have "the same right... Read full story »

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Brazil to Subsidize Birth Control

Cheaper pills give poor women same right to family planning, says president

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