Unwanted pregnancy
Revision as of 20:29, 10 September 2012 by Woozle (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<hide> page type::article thing type::phenomenon thing type::problem category:procreation </hide> ==About== An unwanted pregnancy is a pregnancy which the ...")
About
An unwanted pregnancy is a pregnancy which the mother would prefer to terminate (through abortion if necessary) for any of a number of possible reasons.
The frequent occurrence of unwanted pregnancies worldwide is almost universally seen as a problem, though "pro-life" and "pro-choice" political factions advocate very different solutions.
Related
- Teen pregnancy is often used as a proxy for unwanted pregnancy. The reasons this is so are not entirely clear, but include:
- Teenagers (of the ages usually under discussion) are too young to be legally having sex.
- Teenagers are almost never prepared (economically and otherwise) to raise a child.
- Many teenage girls are not physically mature enough to give birth safely.
- Many unwanted pregnancies may also be unintended, but some unintended pregnancies are wanted and some intended pregnancies become unwanted (most commonly due to medical issues). Unintended pregnancies are not a problem per se; a problem only exists if the pregnancy is unwanted.
Links
Wikipedia and Conservapedia redirect "unwanted pregnancy" to "unintended pregnancy", which is a subtly different concept albeit with a large degree of overlap:
- Wikipedia
- Conservapedia
dKosopedia: no information as of 2012-09-10
