Friday, May 05, 2006

Big Shock: Poor women have more babies

The NYT and The WaPost both cover this new study just released, but the gist of it is NOT a big shock: "1. Poor women in America are increasingly likely to have unwanted pregnancies, whereas relatively affluent women are succeeding more and more in getting pregnant only when they want to. 2. As a result of the growing disparity, women living in poverty are now almost 4x's more likely to become pregnant unintentionally than women of greater means. 3. And the abortion rate also rose among poor women while declining among the more affluent." Ya don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand that it takes money to buy contraceptives. People who are financially strapped can barely buy food, rent, and gas... so what money do you think remains for contraceptives? Oh that's right. They're supposed to have a Chastity Belt Savings Fund. Or spend LOTS of time masturbating.
Posted by Tina :: 12:47 AM :: 6 Comments:

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