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The (47) employer-based health-insurance system exacerbates(加剧)concerns for women who are considering having a child. If a woman is unsure whether she will have the same job in nine months, she may be (48) to get pregnant for fear of losing or switching insurance plans. Federal law prevents group plans from (49) pregnancy as a pre-existing condition, but individual plans (50) and can end up charging women tens of thousands of dollars for a delivery.
But while anxiety about the economy has led some women to become more strict about their birth control use, the (51) has forced others to take more risk. Among women who use birth control pills, 18% reported skipping pills, skipping months or waiting to get a prescription filled in order to save money. All of these practices (52) ineffective the Pill’s use as a contraceptive(避孕剂), and yet a quarter of women who are (53) worse off than last year reported inconsistent use of birth control. At the same time, national (54) rates continue to fall, and are now at a 30-year low.
One consequence of these makeshift financial strategies, says Sharon Camp, president of the Guttmacher Institute, could be a further widening of the birth rate between (55) women and the working poor. "Those who can afford better methods with a big upfront cost may see pregnancy rates continue to fall," says Camp. "But among tower-income women, a third of them are saying that they can’t afford the contraception they’d like to use. They’re relying on less effective, over-the-counter methods. We could likely see an increase for them in (56) pregnancies. "
A. hesitant I) wealthier
B. existing J) existed
C. surrender K) suspicious
D. render L) vary
E. unintended M) mentally
F. recession N) financially
G. planned O) abortion
H) defining

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