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The Common Goal

Whether you believe in Pro-Life or Pro-Choice, the common goal of both parties and all citizens should be to prevent unwanted pregnancies from happening in the first place. By practicing safe sex, there will be many less cases of unwanted pregnancy causing fewer cases of abortions as well. The debate poses many sensitive questions that dont necessarily have one correct answer. It is best that we focus on our common ground of avoiding unintended pregnancy by using procedures to have a safer sexual life.

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Opposing Viewpoints, One Goal

Prevent Unwanted Pregnancies: Practice Safe Sex

Meghan Stouter

Statistics
1. About half (49%) of the 6.7 million pregnancies in the United States each year (3.2 million) are unintended (Guttmacher). 2. Roughly half (51%) of unintended pregnancies to young unmarried women ended in abortion (The National Campaign). 3. Unintended pregnancy rates are highest among poor and low-income women, women aged 1824, cohabiting women and minority women (Guttmacher). 4. Approximately 50.1% of teen pregnancies result from no use of contraception (Guttmacher). 5. Two-thirds of U.S. women at risk for unintended pregnancy use contraception consistently and correctly throughout the course of any given year; these women account for only 5% of all unintended pregnancies. In contrast, the 19% of women at risk who use contraception inconsistently or incorrectly account for 43% of all unintended pregnancies. The 16% of women at risk who do not practice contraception at all for a month or more during the year account for 52% of all unintended pregnancies (Guttmacher).

Contraceptive Options
The following list contains several measures of contraception. 1. Abstinence 2. Birth Control: a. Implant (Implanon/Nexplanon) b. Patch (Ortho Evra) c. Pills d. Shot (Depo-Provera) e. Sponge (Today Sponge) f. Vaginal Ring (NuvaRing) 3. Cervical Cap (FemCap) 4. Condom (Male or Female) 5. Diaphragm 6. Spermicide 7. Permanent Surgeries: a. Tubal Sterilization for women b. Vasectomy for men

Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood is a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world, (Planned Parenthood). They operate over 750 health centers nation-wide which provide a wide range of safe and reliable services. Over 90% of the services focus on primary care, preventative measures which emphasize contraception as a means to prevent unplanned pregnancy. They also attempt to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections through testing and treatment, and screen for cervical and other cancers (Planned Parenthood). With concentrating mainly on preventing unplanned pregnancy by practicing safe sex, Planned Parenthood centers offer contraception such as the provided condom to little or no cost at all. To learn more about Planned Parenthood and the contraceptive measures listed on the previous page please visit: plannedparenthood.org or contact 1-800-230-PLAN

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