Child abandonment is closely linked to unintended pregnancy. Statistics collected in 2001 by the Reproductive Health Rights Campaign Project suggest that Thai society has a major problem with unintended pregnancies. The researchers collected data on pregnancies from 925 women aged 15-59 in two communities in North and Northeast Thailand. Of the 2,496 pregnancies, 45% were unplanned, and 16% were aborted. The most commonly cited reason for aborting, given by over half the women who had abortions, was economic difficulties. The group with the most abortions was 20-29- year-old women.