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Unintended pregnancies in the United States, 1970--1972
Family Planning Perspectives
|May 1, 1979
Abstract:
There were about 2.0--2.3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year during the early 1970s. Within this framework, the rapid rise in the number of abortions since 1973, to 1.3 million in 1977, is quite predictable.
Keywords:
Abortion SeekersAbortion, IllegalAbortion, InducedAbortion, LegalAbortion, Therapeutic--legal aspectsAmericasBirth RateContraceptionContraception FailureDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesEstimation TechnicsEver MarriedFamily And HouseholdFamily CharacteristicsFamily PlanningFamily RelationshipsFertilityFertility Control, PostconceptionFertility MeasurementsIllegitimacyMothersNorth AmericaNorthern AmericaParentsPopulationPopulation DynamicsPregnancyPregnancy OutcomesPregnancy, Unplanned--statisticsPregnancy, UnwantedReproductionReproductive BehaviorResearch ReportUnited StatesUnmarried MothersWomen