"There will always be a gap between the goals set down and scheme of implementation. Women's groups by now have enough data to know where the policies have gone wrong. The whole question is gathering enough political clout to make a change."
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On Indian government's conservative approach to teenage sexuality and family planning, from The Unheard Scream: Reproductive Health and Women's Lives in India (2004) by Mohan Rao, p.227
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