In a recent issue of the Journal Gordis et al.1 described the results of an intensive program for contraception in a select group of young, unwed girls whose risk of unwanted pregnancy was high. Despite their risk and their request for contraceptive services, the median period of the girls' participation in the program during the two-year period of experience was only 12 months. With such a high "dropout" rate and a failure rate of 5 per cent who became pregnant one could view these results with despair and conclude that the effort was wasted. That this should not be the . . .
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