According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reducing teen pregnancy is a national public health priority and long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is a key strategy for this “winnable battle.†LARC methods, which include the intrauterine device and the contraceptive implant, are “set it and forget it†approaches that can function for years after insertion and are therefore much more effective than methods that require repeated action by the user.
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