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Not everyone is troubled by the price increases. …
“From our perspective, this does bring to light a public health concern, but for a different reason,” said Kimberly Martinez, the executive director of the Abstinence Clearinghouse, which advocates abstinence from sex until marriage. “These young women are relying on this contraception to protect them. But contraception isn’t 100 percent — for pregnancy or for disease.”
—New York Times, “Big Rise in Birth Control on Campuses”, 11/22/2007
Wait. Increased prices are making people more aware that contraception isn’t fool-proof? How does that logic work?
