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Radio 4,3 mins

Melinda Gates: ‘Contraception is not controversial’

Woman's Hour

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On the eve of a ground-breaking family planning summit with the British government in London, Melinda Gates co-founder of the Gates Foundation explains to Woman’s Hour’s Jane Garvey why contraception is essential across the world and how this squares with her Catholic faith. The foundation does not, however, fund abortion.

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