Weeds in the Wild: Meet Joan, the Robotic Pelvis

Explain It to Me

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🗓️ 14 April 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Sarah and Byrd take a look at some policy experiments working to drive down teen pregnancy and abortion rates. They're showing promising results — but they're also under threat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Weeds in the Wild.
0:05.7	I am Sarah Cliff and this is our occasional pop-up podcast about how policy affects actual
0:11.9	real life people.
0:13.3	Today, the people we are talking about are people who rely on birth control, which I
0:17.8	imagine is a number of you are listeners.
0:20.5	Enjoy the episode.
0:21.5	Tell us what you think about it.
0:22.9	We would love to hear feedback at WeedsAdvox.com.
0:26.6	Also share your thoughts about the policies we talk about in this episode in our new Facebook
0:29.9	group.
0:30.9	Just go on Facebook search for the Weeds and with that we will start the episode by introducing
0:35.4	you to a very special new friend I made in this reporting process.
0:40.5	This is Joan.
0:41.5	This is Marry to Marry to Marry to Joan.
0:43.9	Joan is a pelvic stimulator, which I'm stimulator.
0:48.3	Stunned stimulator.
0:50.3	Basically it appears to be a replica of a china and cervical system and I'm going to try
0:56.7	it in certain IUD.
1:00.2	I met the delightful Joan at an event a few months ago in Delaware that was training clinics
1:06.1	to give women long acting contraception like IUDs or implants.
1:10.5	The use of this type of birth control has increased 6,000 percent in the United States since
1:15.6	2002.
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