CALIFORNIA:
$1.35 BILLION
NUMBER OF
UNINTENDED
PREGNANCIES
(PER 1,000
WOMEN AGED
15-44)*
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SOURCE:
*RATES FOR ARIZONA, INDIANA, KANSAS, MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW
HAMPSHIRE, NORTH DAKOTA, AND SOUTH DAKOTA ESTIMATED BY MULTIPLE REGRESSION. **IN 2006
TEXAS:
$1.23 BILLION
America’s
Unplanned
Babies
About half of the 6.7 million
pregnancies in the U.S. each
year are unplanned, according
to a recent state-level analysis by
the Guttmacher Institute. The
unintended pregnancy rate is
a standout in the industrialized
world, and has remained nearly
flat since the 1980s despite
advances in birth control
technology and availability.
As family planning budgets
are slashed across the nation,
unintended pregnancy remains
the main reason for abortion, a
procedure three in 10 American
women have by 45. — Katy Hall
31-42
43-49
50-56
57-62
63-70
STATES WHERE PUBLIC SPENDING ON
UNINTENDED BIRTHS EXCEEDS $1 BILLION.
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES & INCOME (RATE PER 1,000 WOMEN 15-44)
INCOME BELOW
POVERTY LINE
ALL
WOMEN
INCOME EXCEEDS
200% OF
POVERTY LINE
1981
1987
1994
5%
% 66%
Nearly half of
pregnancies
are unintended
49
Spending on public
family planning centers...
1.9B
... resulted in $7 billion in gross
savings from helping women avoid
unintended pregnancies and
births in 2008.
2001
2006
The percent of those
conceived by women who
used birth control regularly
The percent of those
paid for by public
insurance programs**
7B