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Better Access to Birth Control Would Lift Many Women Out of Poverty, Melinda Gates Says

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“For Melinda Gates, the key to unlocking the cycle of poverty can be found inside a condom wrapper — or birth control pill, IUD, diaphragm or any other contraceptive that gives a woman control over her reproductive fate.

But around the world, an estimated 225 million women still lack access to contraceptives, a troubling reality that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent more than $1 billion (U.S.) trying to change. On International Women’s Day, the Star chatted with Melinda Gates, one half of the world’s wealthiest couple, about why she has ‘gone all in on family planning’ — and what she would say to U.S. President Donald Trump if given the chance.”

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