Family Planning Clinics: Strain of Norplant's High Up-Front Costs Has Subsided

GAO reviewed pricing issues concerning the Norplant contraceptive, focusing on determining how: (1) Norplant's U.S. price compares with its price in Canada and other countries; (2) the price of Norplant affects the budgets of family planning clinics; and (3) the U.S. price affects the demand for and acceptability of Norplant.