The northern-central US state of Wisconsin has said it wants to extend a Medicaid project that provides varied methods of contraception to people on low incomes.
A total of 27 US states already provide similar services under a pilot, which provides free contraception, such as vasectomies and birth-control pills, to people who otherwise could not afford it. The services also provide prescription contraceptive pills, smear tests, fertility treatments and testing for sexually transmitted disease.
In Wisconsin, women only qualify if their annual income is under $21,600 (£13,800), which is double the level the US government categorises as living in poverty. But the state has now applied to increase the eligibility threshold to $32,490 (£20,780).
Jason Helgerson, Wisconsin's Medicaid director, said the pilot has prevented unplanned pregnancies which "regardless of your political stripes, I don't think anybody wants".
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