Globally, there are at least 350 million couples that lack family-planning services. Here in the United States, a third of all births are unplanned. And the Bush administration's family-planning failures, including its ideologically driven abstinence-only programs that mock serious sex education, contribute directly to millions of unwanted and unplanned births.
If we could cut by half the number of unwanted births in the United States, we'd have about 5 million fewer births over 20 years. Family planning makes sense for people _ and for our fragile planet.
Scripps Howard News Service
