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Article: Characteristics of women receiving family planning services at Title X clinics - United States, 1991. (Current Trends)
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- January 21, 1994
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In 1970, enactment of federal legislation created a national family planning program funded under Title X of the Public Health Services Act*. Since the enactment of this legislation, clinics funded entirely or partially by Title X have been the primary source of subsidized family planning services in the United States (1). Although information characterizing women who receive family planning services at Title X clinics can assist in program planning and operations, such information has not been compiled at the national level since 1981 (2). In 1992, state family planning administrators and CDC, with cooperation from Title X grantees, initiated the Family Planning Services ...