Word: unwantedness
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Despite her distress, Valada Penny was far more fortunate than many an American woman faced with an unwanted pregnancy. While she was pondering her decision a year ago last summer, the New York State law that allows abortion on demand at any time through the 24th week of pregnancy took...
Comparatively few who seek abortions have strictly medical reasons, such as their own health or suspected congenital abnormality in the fetus. Rape and incest account for a negligible percentage of unwanted pregnancies. Women seek legal abortions for the familiar reasons: reluctance to interrupt career plans, lack of money, fear of...
One of the startling facts is that despite the widespread availability of the Pill and other means of birth control, so many unwanted pregnancies happen, even among the most educated and sophisticated. Subconsciously, many may want to become pregnant, according to Dr. Lawrence Downs, a Manhattan psychiatrist, who, in collaboration...
The first step, already partly taken, is to prevent the birth of unwanted children. According to one major survey, at least one American child in five is unwanted. The obvious solution -making both contraceptives and abortion cheaper and more available-would reduce the birth rate to below the magic 2.1...
The project will cost half a billion dollars more than the state's original estimate. A few major corporate landholders in the San Joaquin Valley will reap extraordinary gains from the project, receiving irrigation water well below cost while Los Angeles-area homeowners pay a disproportionately high share of...