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Phillips also told the Associated Press that the availability of contraceptives to single women amounted to the state saying “promiscuity is OK.” Opponents of the measure include both pro-choice advocates and some abortion opponents, who believe that this measure will increase Missouri’s abortion rate.

Representative Bob Johnson (R) pointed out that in rural areas, women would have no alternatives to state-funded health care programs.

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It has been successfully used by hundreds of women as a stand-alone treatment or an adjunct to traditional medicine.According to a recent study published by WebMD's Medscape General Medicine, women who received the therapy prior to undergoing IVF had a 67% pregnancy rate, much higher than the 41% national average used as a control (P < .001).

A separate study showed a 71% natural pregnancy rate after therapy for women who did not undergo in vitro fertilization.

Women averaged 5 years of More recently, acupuncture has been recognized as an important tool for couples struggling to conceive in the West.

Results from a German study indicate that adding acupuncture to the treatment protocol of IVF patients greatly enhances their chances of becoming pregnant.

The researchers reported that clinical pregnancies were observed in 34 (42.5%) of the acupuncture patients, compared with 21 (26.3%) of the control patients (P=.03).Representatives from Clear Passage Therapies® ...