The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced that, thanks to a public-private partnership on contraception access, the state’s teen birth rate dropped by 40 percent and the teen abortion rate dropped by 35 percent in a four-year period. A private funder helped supply long-acting reversible contraceptives IUDs and hormone implants,which were offered to low-income and uninsured women through state providers. Not only did the abortion and unintended pregnancy rate drop dramatically, Colorado saved an estimate $5.68 in Medicaid funds for every $1 spent on the program.
According to the National Campaign,teen pregnancy cost taxpayers at least $9.4 billion in 2010
If teen pregnancy in the US dropped by 40% with the same program, then taxpayers could save $32 Billion a year
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