what are the statistics on unplanned pregnancies in the U.S.?
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A bit dated, but could be useful:\nhttp://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3002498.html
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http://www.aaplog.org/healtheffectsofab.htm\n\nhttp://www.abortionfacts.com/effects/effects.asp\n\nhttp://mypage.direct.ca/w/writer/psych.html\n\nhttp://www.newsrx.com/newsletters/Womens-Health-Weekly/2004-07-15/071520043335WW.html\n\nhttp://www.ucsf.edu/woc/se_medical.html\n\nhttp://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/medicalinfo/abortion/pub-abortion-q-and-a.xml\n\nhttp://www.afterabortion.info/physica.html\n\nhttp://www.abortionfacts.com/reardon/after_effects_of_abortion.asp\n\nhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=950DE1DB153CF936A25752C0A96F948260\n\nhttp://www.voiceforlife.org.nz/factsheet_womenshealth.htm\n\nhttp://www.pregnancycenters.org/Fact%20Sheet%20on%20abortion-emotional%20risks.pdf\n\n\nhttp://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan03/thorp012403.html\n\nhttp://www.medicationabortion.com/questions/healtheffects.html\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4520576.stm\n\nhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12544786&dopt=Abstract\n\nhttp://www.deveber.org/text/whealth.html\n\nhttp://www.afterabortion.info/news/deaths_smj.html\n\nhttp://www.family.org/cforum/fosi/bioethics/facts/a0027728.cfm\n\nhttp://www.prochoiceforum.org.uk/psy_research3.asp\n\nhttp://www.nrlc.org/news/2002/NRL08/pres.html\n\nhttp://www.cirtl.org/syndrome.htm
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No, if you're not a minor (requiring parental notification), second-trimester abortions are not restricted.\n\nhttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=39237\n\nhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3353873&dopt=Abstract
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The Church forbids use of contraception (not that Catholics in the US care)  AS for Family Planning, they support the use of Natural Family Planning, most famously the use of Rythmic timing (having sex when the odds are better or worse that the woman is ovulating).
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According to Web MD, rape is the reason for 13,000 of 1.3 million annual abortions, or 1% of the total.  \n\nBut I'm not sure how accurate that figure is.  Justice Department statistics for 2004 were approximately 0.4 rapes per 1,000 people.  But that's a very broad definition of rape.  According to the Justice Department, of the average annual 200,780 sexual assault victims in 2004-2005, about 64,080 were victims of "completed rape".  Obviously, only a "completed rape" could result in a pregnancy.\n\nIt's hard to accept that if 64,000 random rapes occurred that 13,000 (or over 20%) would result in a pregnancy, let alone that 100% of those pregnancies would be aborted.  \n\nI think the number is probably far less.  I've read other studies (from more biased pro-life sources) that the actual number of rape-pregnancies leading to abortions is less than 500 per year.\n\nIn any event, the number is minuscule compared to 1.3 million abortions per year.  So it's not accurate to make the argument that a major rationale for abortion is to end pregnancies resulting from rape.\n\nI haven't done as much homework on "Life of the Mother" or "Incest", but I'd guess that it's far less than the rape figure.  But to me, this is a moot point because I'd agree that an abortion should be allowed in these instances.  \n\nIt's the other 1.2 million + dead babies I'm concerned about.
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use protection- ie. condoms. or if you've already have had sex without using protection, go to your nearest pharmacy and ask for emergency contraception, they will give you two pills that you have to take, which will stop you from becoming pregnant.
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There are a lot of things to do to make sure that you don't get pregnant.  Make sure you use a condom and to be even more secure get on birth control and in the even that your not on birth control and the condom breaks then make sure you take the morning after pill (but this shouldn't be taken all the time).
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Lots of women skip periods this way -- most of my friends have done it when they've first gotten married so they have seven uninterrupted weeks after the wedding!!  \n\nAs to your other questions -- Sometimes.  No.  Yes.  Sometimes (theoretically, how you act on birth control is how you'll be while pregnant).
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Many things.....hormonal problems would be the main thing.  In one year, 90% of adult women who are trying to conceive will become pregnant.  After a year, that's when it's time to see a doctor.
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ANY time you have unprotected sex there's the chance of becoming pregnant.  If the incident happened less than 72 hours ago you can go to a doctor for the morning-after pill.  Otherwise you're stuck with waiting until you expect your next period to show up.
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Obviously you have fallen victim to a conspiracy theory. There are no teen pregnancies where children are told to wait until marriage.  Other countries that teach the mechanics of birth control seem to have half the number of teen pregnancies than the US, but they must be lying in their statistics.\n\nLook at these so called facts and make up your own mind: \n\nThe United States of America has double the adolescent pregnancy and birth rates of any other industrialized country.\n\nThe United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the western world, despite the fact that our teens are not more sexually active than Swedish teens, or Canadian teens, or British teens. Why? Because in the US we don't educate about birth control in sex education classes, we don't discuss it at home, we don't give teens good access to it, and we don't advertise it in our media. Other countries do, and they are rewarded with low rates of teen pregnancy and teen abortions. \n\nA sexually active teenager who does not use contraceptives has a 90% chance of becoming pregnant within one year.\n\nGirls have been seduced by someone saying I want to show you something about nature.
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unwanted pregnancy, stds
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There is only one way to know for sure.  Take a pregnancy test.  If it turns out you are not pregnant, thank your lucky stars and get on one of the many forms of birth control offered to women these days.  Don't be stupid and keep having unprotected sex.  If you are pregnant, please don't abort.  If you can't take care of it and give it everything a baby needs, please give it to a couple who will lavish it with all the love a baby deserves.  And then get on birth control so you don't make the same mistake twice.  Learn a valuable lesson from this which ever way it plays out.
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Abortions are legal in all 50 states, to varying degrees. That's because the right to choose is constitutionally protected.\n\nStates can set various limits, such as parental notification for minors, informed consent, short waiting periods, etc. But states cannot outlaw something that is protected by the US constitution.
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pro-life with exception for rape and incest which accounts for almost nil. By now after all these years of sex education, and condom handouts you would think they would know how to avoid pregnancy! Instead they use it as a form of birthcontrol.
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call the Planned Parenthood offices. I am sure they can give you all the info you need
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Go to a Doctor's office, I'm sure they give you some pamplets to read or a website to research.  Good luck to you!  It's a lot of health risk involved for women (and the baby) getting pregnant over the age of 35.