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Print California is poised to drop its mask mandate for a vaccine-fueled summer of lust but when it comes to protection, Angelenos like Jahkara Smith won’t rely on antibodies alone. “A lot of my friends have gotten IUDs recently,” said the 24-year-old Air Force veteran, a YouTube-icon-turned-TV star. “Even if you lose your healthcare, it’s already in there. They’re not going to come take it out.” The humble IUD, shorthand for intrauterine device, is just one of many reasons California is expected to see almost 50,000 fewer births in 2021, the nadir of a national COVID-19 “baby bust” that has sparked political backlash and left young families and would-be parents drowning in demographic quicksand. While Californians put off pregnancy in many other ways among them prescription-free pills, self-injected hormones, and higher rates of abstinence and abortion experts say the tiny T-shaped device helped an unprecedented number ghost the stork in recent months.

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