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DATE: TUESDAY, April 3, 1990                   TAG: 9004030334
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

STUDY: 1 IN 6 WOMEN OPT FOR STERILIZATION

Nearly one in every six American women in the normal childbearing age group has been surgically sterilized as a method of birth control, a government report shows.

The results of the National Center for Health Statistics study indicate that nearly as many women 15 to 44 opt for sterilization as choose to use the birth control pill. Figures on abortion were not included.

The center's Dr. William D. Mosher said Monday that the increase in sterilization largely involves women 30 and older who want no more children.

- Associated Press 


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