Luanne Rohrbach

USC

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Associate Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine at USC.

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The Department of Health and Human Services recently cut more than $213 million from teen pregnancy prevention programs nationwide.

Trump administration quietly cuts funds for teen pregnancy prevention programs

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