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You assume that the majority of pregnancies are planned. I highly doubt that is the case.
by EpicEng 9y ago
You assume that the majority of pregnancies are planned. I highly doubt that is the case.
- ksk 9y agoWhat is your doubt based upon?
- pc86 9y agoGoogle it. Just about every source puts it at 50-55% of all pregnancies being unplanned.
- ams6110 9y agoDepends highly on socioeconomic factors I would think. I would expect much higher unplanned pregnancies in the lower income brackets than upper, because a consequence of being poor is a focus on immediate needs and little thought for the future. But for sure it happens across the board and probably more than most people think.
- marcell 9y agoWould be interesting to see that broken down by first vs. second or later. I imagine there are a lot of married couples with 1 or 2 kids that have an unplanned pregnancy, but that's not quite the same as a teenage couple.
- omarforgotpwd 9y agoEven if the pregnancy was unplanned, the two people chose to have sex for a complex set of factors, only one of which was attractiveness or prettiness, which by itself is very subjective and relative.
- owebmaster 9y ago> Even if the pregnancy was unplanned, the two people chose to have sex for a complex set of factors Or just alcohol?
- omarforgotpwd 9y agoIf two people just got drunk and had sex, they would probably be more likely to pursue contraceptive options like Plan B and abortion than a couple that had consciously decided and planned to have a child. There are exceptions to everything but I maintain that for the most part in the modern world what has replaced "natural selection" is not "sexual selection" but a "conscious selection" that incorporates sexual desire as well as other factors.