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Calculations that account for sexual activity find that unintended pregnancy rates are highest among sexually active women aged 15–19 years old compared to other age groups. [35] About one-third of unintended teen pregnancies end in abortion. [34] The unintended pregnancy rate among teens has been declining in the US.
Cost to the user is one factor preventing many US women from using more effective contraceptives. [5] Making contraceptives available without a copay increases use of highly effective methods, reduces unintended pregnancies, and may be instrumental in achieving the Healthy People 2020 goal. [5]
The Colorado Family Planning Initiative (CPFI), a six-year $23 million privately funded program to expand access to LARCs, This program specifically provided no-cost LARCs to low-income women across the state of Colorado, with the intention of preventing unintended pregnancies within specific groups deemed at high-risk of unintended pregnancy. [33]
In 2006, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a recommendation, encouraging men and women to formulate a reproductive life plan, to help them in avoiding unintended pregnancies and to improve the health of women and reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes.
[80] 10.6% of women at risk of unintended pregnancy did not use a contraceptive method, including 18.7% of teens and 14.3% of those 20–24. [78] Women of reproductive age (15 to 44) who are not regarded as at risk for unintended pregnancy include those who are sterile, were sterilized for non-contraceptive reasons, were pregnant or trying to ...
Unintended pregnancy rates are generally higher in the South and Southwest regions of the United States, in densely populated areas. A lack of family planning , limited access to birth control , or inconsistent use of birth control, are some of the contributing factors to unintended pregnancy . [ 1 ]
Esmaili says they often refer to themselves as a “pregnancy resource center,” “pregnancy help center,” “women’s resource center,” or even “abortion alternative,” and often offer ...
Taken together, these statistics suggest that new contraceptive methods, such as non-hormonal contraceptives or male contraceptives, could reduce unintended pregnancy and abortion rates. [ 162 ] The Guttmacher Institute has found that "most abortions in the United States are obtained by minority women" because minority women "have much higher ...