Unintended pregnancy: a framework for prevention and options for midlife women in the US

• Main Authors: Versie Johnson-Mallard (Author), Elizabeth A. Kostas-Polston (Author), Nancy Fugate Woods (Author), Katherine E. Simmonds (Author), Ivy M. Alexander (Author), Diana Taylor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Recently unintended pregnancies have been described as "a new kind of mid-life crisis." Given the high prevalence of unwanted or mistimed pregnancy in the US, we examined the sexual and reproductive health patterns of sexually active midlife women. An examination of the prevalence...