The Best Intentions: Unintended Pregnancy and the Well-Being of Children and Families Reviews

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Release: 1995-06-02
Publisher: National Academies Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0309052300
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

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Experts estimate that nearly 60 percent of all U.S. pregnancies--and 81 percent of pregnancies among adolescents--are unintended. Yet the topic of preventing these unintended pregnancies has long been treated gingerly because of personal sensitivities and public controversies, especially the angry debate over abortion. Additionally, child welfare advocates long have overlooked the connection between pregnancy planning and the improved well-being of families and communities that results when children are wanted. Now, current issues--health care and welfare reform, and the new international focus on population--are drawing attention to the consequences of unintended pregnancy. In this climate The Best Intentions offers a timely exploration of family planning issues from a distinguished panel of experts. This committee sheds much-needed light on the questions and controversies surrounding unintended pregnancy. The book offers specific recommendations to put the United States on par with o Download The Best Intentions for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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