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Family Health Center of Worcester. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
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Unintended pregnancies in the U.S. are at a 30-year low. Still, it's estimated that nearly half of pregnancies nationwide are unplanned. So, health centers around the country are trying new tactics to bring that rate down further, especially among teens and low-income women.

Carey Goldberg of Here & Now contributor WBUR reports from a community clinic in central Massachusetts.

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Carey Goldberg, editor of WBUR's CommonHealth blog. She tweets @commonhealth.

This segment aired on June 15, 2016.

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