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"I'm pro-choice.  Wait a moment!  People have a CHOICE as to whether they will have sex or not, and they choose whether it fits with their morals and religious convictions.  However, once the possibility of another life exists, then that other life should have a choice as well, and who ever heard of a baby CHOOSING to be aborted?"

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Majority of Unplanned Pregnancies Occur When Using Contraception / Aspects of Contraception (Ehmann) PDF Print E-mail

In a study of abortion patients in 1994-95 [Alan Guttmacher Inst.], 58% of patients reported that they ‘currently used’ contraception during the month of their last menstrual period…

In 1995… approximately 29% of sexually active U.S. women who used only [OCs] for birth control reported that they missed a birth-control pill one or more times during the 3 months before…approximately 33% of U.S. women who were using only coitus-dependent contraceptive methods during the 3 months before the interview used these methods inconsistently." [CDC, MMWR, 7June02, "Abortion Survei