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On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
if the approximately 225 million women worldwide with unmet family planning needs had access to modern methods of contraception, we would see 52 million fewer unintended pregnancies, resulting in 600,000 fewer stillbirths, 6 million fewer miscarriages, and 15 million fewer unsafe abortions.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen emphasizes the humanitarian and economic benefits of family planning access.

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