The U.S. government spends 2.4 billion dollars on family planning via the Title X program and Medicaid. These funds go mostly to the 8000 plus women’s health clinics run by states and private entities. Using only 3 of 79 welfare programs available to the safety-net population, (TANF, Food Stamps, and Medicaid) plus the first 9 years of school (k-8), the economic and social benefits for the United States are as follows:  

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Reduced welfare costs:*

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• $22.3 Billion after the first year  

• $176 Billion after 12 years from the first year’s funding

• $2 Trillion reduction in U.S. costs if funded for next 12 years

• Eliminates the current federal budget deficit in less than 10 years if funded each year.

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Reduced social costs and health improvements:

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•  678,000 abortions prevented after each year of funding. 

•  289,000 miscarriages and low weight babies avoided each year of funding. 

•  914,000 unplanned pregnancies avoided 

•  Reduced teenage pregnancies. 

•  Reduces the number of safety-net families that are created, thus reducing poverty and entitlements in our country. 

•  Reduces the creation of single parent families. 

•  Increase the future earning ability of young women. 

•  Enable our education system to perform more efficiently. 

•  Enable the foster care system to function properly and minimize the need for foster care

•  Family planning programs return 7.1 times their costs the first year in medicaid costs and disease prevention in the 8000 funded women's clinics