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Why? That would only be the case if a significant number of pregnancies is unwanted. We should do everything to stop any unwanted pregnancies, and then add inc

Why? That would only be the case if a significant number of pregnancies is unwanted. We should do everything to stop any unwanted pregnancies, and then add incentives and aid for everybody who wants to have kids (e.g. parental leave, free daycare, and so on).

timmg 5y ago
A random google finds this: https://www.brookings.edu/research/preventing-unplanned-pregnancy-lessons-from-the-states/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/preventing-unplanned-preg... > Unintended pregnancies are at an all-time low in the U.S. but still represent about 45 percent of all pregnancies.
- ada1981 5y ago
  Do they tease out unintended from unwanted? 45% is wild, and doubly so that this is an all time low. I could find a million dollars and it would be unintended but not unwanted.
  - dtgriscom 5y ago
    There's no way you'd get accurate answers to "do you want this child?".
    - ada1981 5y ago
      Well, some couples aren’t planning on a kid, but they also aren’t planning not to. I’d be curious to survey asking those two questions - did you want this child? Did you intend to have this child?