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Our working definition of family purpose is: a long-term goal that families share across generations and that becomes meaningful to younger family members as they form their own plans to accomplish acts of consequence to the world beyond themselves.
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Family planning is the consideration of the number of children a person wishes to have, including the choice to have no children, and the age at which they wish to have them. Things that may play a role on family planning decisions include marital situation, career or work considerations, financial situations.
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- Access to Contraception
- Abortion
In the United States, approximately 62% of all women of childbearing age are currently using a form of birth control (Guttmacher 2010a). There are multiple forms of birth control available in the USA, which vary by presence or absence of hormones, required frequency of administration, permanence, route of administration, as well as several other fa...
According to data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, 49% of all pregnancies in 2001 were unintended. Of these unintended pregnancies, 44% ended in births, 42% ended in abortions, and 14% ended in fetal losses. Unintended pregnancy rates are highest among women aged 20–24, women with low incomes, and women who are unmarried, of a minori...
Definition
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy and can be spontaneous or induced. A “spontaneous abortion,” or what is more commonly known as a “miscarriage,” is the natural loss of a pregnancy prior to 20 weeks’ gestation. An “induced” abortion refers to a medical or surgical intervention performed with the intention to terminate a pregnancy (Kottke and Zieman, 2008). There are several possible methods available for the termination of a pregnancy. The choice of method is largely based on the ges...
Epidemiology
An estimated four out of every ten unplanned pregnancies in the United States end in induced abortion. In 2000, a total of 1.31 million abortions were performed, but in 2005, this number decreased to 1.21 million. Approximately one-third of all American women will have had an abortion by the age of 45 years (Guttmacher 2010b). When asked to describe why they seek pregnancy terminations, women cite a variety of reasons: inability to afford a child (or another child); need to delay childbearing...
Health Impact
As stated by Speroff et al., “the legalization of abortion reduced maternal morbidity and mortality more than any single development since the advent of antibiotics to treat puerperal infections and blood banking to treat hemorrhage” (Speroff, Glass, & Kase, 1999). After abortion was legalized in 1973 through the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case, the abortion-related mortality rate declined by 90%. Currently, the abortion-related mortality rate ranges from 1 in 1,000,000 for procedures performe...
Family planning serves three critical needs: (1) it helps couples avoid unintended pregnancies; (2) it reduces the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); and (3) by addressing the problem of STDs, it helps reduce rates of infertility.
- Adrienne Stith Butler, Ellen Wright Clayton
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I examine the most paradigmatic conceptions of the family that are based upon the supposed primary purpose that the family serves for its members and for the state.
Family planning refers to the practice of controlling one's reproductive choices by deciding when and how many children to have. It involves methods such as contraception, sexual education, and access to healthcare services.
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Dec 5, 2023 · Family planning refers to the process of controlling how many children are born to a couple and determining when they are born through contraception and treating conditions that inhibit fertility.
