Unintended Pregnancy Tied to State Funding Cuts

[MountainLaurel]

There's important information here that blows apart pro-forced-birth proponents' claims of caring about the children. Share this data with your friends and neighbors! Throw the hypocrisy back in the politicians' faces!



At a time when policymakers have made reducing unintended pregnancies a national priority, 33 states have made it more difficult or more expensive for poor women and teenagers to obtain contraceptives and related medical services, according to an analysis released yesterday by the nonpartisan Guttmacher Institute.

From 1994 to 2001, many states cut funds for family planning, enacted laws restricting access to birth control and placed tight controls on sex education, said the institute, a privately funded research group that focuses on sexual health and family issues.

The statewide trends help explain why more than half of the 6 million pregnancies in the United States each year are unintended and offer clues for tackling problems associated with teenage pregnancy and abortion, said researchers who specialize in the field.

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The report, the first to measure the impact of state actions on reproductive health care, is based on a comprehensive census by the institute using the most recent available data. Advocates involved in the intense political debate over abortion were reluctant to comment on the findings, but experts on women's health and family planning praised Guttmacher for offering an agenda both sides could support.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801450.html

[HockeyMom]

1. They need more cannon fodder among the poor

cause you can bet the RICH won't either being signing up for enlistment or forced to have an unwanted child.