Unintended Pregnancies Can Harm
Both Mother and Child
While couples often treasure a child born as the result of an unintended pregnancy as much as one born from a planned pregnancy, international studies have found that unplanned pregnancies are associated with a number of negative conse- quences. Women with an unintended pregnancy are more likely to have delayed or received inadequate prenatal care, which can affect the health of both mother and child. In general, children who are born as the result of an unintended pregnancy are
at a higher risk of illness than other children because they are