Unintended pregnancy has long been acknowledged as an important health, social and economic problem in the United States, one that creates hardships for women and families and threatens the health and well-being of women and their infants. Those consequences, in turn, have broad societal impacts, including implications for the national economy and the extent of government expenditures. Rates of unintended pregnancy are far higher among women living at or near the poverty level than among higher-income women—a disparity that grew substantially between 1994 and 2008. Most of these poor and low-income women are eligible for public coverage of pregnancy-related care through Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) or the Indian Health Service (IHS), meaning that a substantial share of the cost burden of unintended pregnancy is likely to fall on the public. READ MORE: guttmacher.org/pubs/public-costs-of-UP.pdf
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:23:13 +0000
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