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Sec Ward Wants NM Off the Top of the List

Sat, 11/14-DOH top priorities for NM- #1, # 2: Dramatically Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Change Public Health to Wellness 

Ward has a plan to provide women and teens with LARC-long acting contraception- for free. She maintains that would reduce teen pregnancies in the state with the most teen pregnancies, New Mexico. Reporter Dani McClain finds that some women are skeptical about LARC. http://www.thenation.com/article/long-acting-contraception-makes-teen-pregnancy-rates-plummet-so-why-are-some-women-still-skeptical/

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Interview with reporter Dani McClain

Reporter Dani McClain