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  • Title: Some lawmakers continue to promote contraceptive use in return for welfare.
    Author: Gold RB.
    Journal: State Reprod Health Monit; 1995 Apr; 6(1):3, 6. PubMed ID: 12289005.
    Abstract:
    Some state legislators in recent years have proposed measures intended to induce or require women receiving public assistance to use contraception, especially long-acting methods such as Norplant. The introduction of these coercive measures began in late 1990, soon after the federal government approved Norplant for contraceptive use. In 1994, 21 bills pertaining to the device were proposed in 12 states; none was adopted despite serious consideration given in some cases. So far, no bill offering public assistance recipients cash bonuses or other financial incentives for the insertion and continued use of the implant has been enacted. No legislation requiring implant use by certain women has passed. Several bills have, however, been enacted to facilitate women's voluntary, informed decision-making and expand implant access to lower-income women who voluntarily choose the method but cannot afford its high price. As for family cap policies, six states have received approval from the federal government since 1992 to implement family caps in their AFDC programs, while another eight states have waiver applications pending. During the first quarter of 1995, 1200 bills were introduced in states regarding AFDC and other general assistance welfare programs. 60 of those bills, in 28 states, call for a family cap, among other reform measures. A small number of the measures contain incentives or mandatory contraceptive compliance provisions, with the most extreme being introduced in Washington State. The Washington bill would require proof of birth control use as a condition of receiving AFDC. To date, the legislature has not acted upon this latter measure.
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