The Texas Department of Human Resources provided family planning services to more
than a quarter of a million women in the fiscal year 1981 through its Title XX and XIX
programs. In order to evaluate the impact of these services, estimates were made of the
number ofpregnancies, births, abortions, and miscarriages averted by theprogram. These
estimates were then used to calculate the costs and benefits attributable to the program's
services.
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