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Planned Parenthood presses Virginia to restore state funding for contraception program

Federal shifts, including Medicaid restrictions and Title X uncertainty, leave clinics warning of gaps in care

,   and  Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury
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A free pantry of contraception and personal care items in the waiting room of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Richmond Virginia. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)

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