After 30 Years, Unintended Birth Rate Still Almost 40 Percent

About 37 percent of births in the United States are the result of unintended pregnancies, a proportion that has remained fairly steady since 1982, according to new research from the National Center for Health Statistics, a branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The numbers are not surprising to many doctors and researchers, and many said it's discouraging that they have not improved in three decades. "Trying to prevent unintended births is sort of an increasingly...Full Story