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Four Ways Obama's Birth Control Fail Hurts Young Women of Color

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian12/12/2011 12:39:49 pm PST

Silly question, if I may…

I’m so not a fan of white-women-as-control-group, but in this context, it’s important to note that while 36 out of 1,000 white girls and women ages 15 to 44 have an unintended pregnancy, that rate is 86 for Latinas and freaking 91 for black girls and women. (I’ve searched for recent, reliable stats for Native American and API sisters to no avail.) If anybody needs better access to EC, it’s us.

How do they run statistics on “unintentional pregnancies”? Do they ask the question, “Is this a planned pregnancy?” or “Is this a baby you wanted to conceive?”

Not arguing pro/con… just want to know. Many people have unintended pregnancies and are thrilled by them.