At this point, society needs to target help where the need is greatest--Poor people and minorities. But the question is WHY are there unintended pregnancies in 2015?? Oh, I don't mean why does the odd bit of slippage occur due to rape, drunkenness, defective products, etc.--but why this scourge of unwanted children and unwanted abortions?? Why are people not being educated???
"Unintended pregnancy rates are highest among poor and low-income women, women aged 18–24, cohabiting women and minority women. [ 6] • The rate of unintended pregnancy among poor women (those with incomes at or below the federal poverty level) in 2008 was 137 per 1,000 women aged 15–44, more than five times the rate among women at the highest income level (26 per 1,000). [ 6]
• Poor women’s high rate of unintended pregnancy results in their also having high rates of both abortions (52 per 1,000) and unplanned births (70 per 1,000). In 2008, poor women had an unintended birth rate nearly six times as high as that of higher-income women (at or above 200% of poverty.)[ 6,7]
• In 2008, black women had the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any racial or ethnic groups. At 92 per 1,000 women aged 15–44, it was more than double that of non-Hispanic white women (38 per 1,000).[ 6]
• In 2008, women without a high school degree had the highest unintended pregnancy rate among all educational levels (101 per 1,000 women aged 15–44), and rates were lower for women with more years of education.[ 6]
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