California: $1.35 billion

Texas: $1.23 billion

$1.9B

$7B

49%

Babies Are BornThe average American woman spends about three decades of her life trying to avoid unintended pregnancy. Her success may depend on access to family planning services and on a variety of socioeconomic factors, including where she lives. Unintended pregnancy rates are highest and rising among low-income women, especially in the South and in states with large urban populations. These births bring tremendous costs to struggling families and to the public.

Source: Guttmacher Institute THE HUFFINGTON POST

1981 1987 1994 2001 20060

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60

80

100

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$1.9B

Nearly half of pregnancies are

unintended.

Two-thirds of unintended

pregnancies were paid for by public insurance

programs, primarily Medicaid, in 2006.

$1.9 billion in spending on public family planning centers resulted in $7 billion in gross savings from helping women avoid unintended pregnancies and births in 2008.

All women Income below the poverty line Income exceeds 200% of poverty line

While the overall rate of unplanned pregnancies has declined slightly in recent decades, it has risen sharply among poor women.

Rate (per 1,000 women aged 15-44)

31-42 43-49 50-56 57-62 63-70

Rate (per 1,000 women aged 15-44)

5%

Only 5 percent of unintended pregnancies

were conceived by women who use birth control consistently.

States wherepublic spendingon unintendedbirths exceeds$1 billion.

Where

Note: Rates for Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota and South Dakota estimated by multiple regression.

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