Whether, and under what circumstances, people become parents has implications for
individual identity, family relationships, the well‐being of adults and children, and population …

The unintended pregnancy framework, a central tenet of sexual and reproductive health
care delivery and research, has been depicted as an adverse outcome that should be …

Despite its central importance to global family planning, the “unmet need for contraception”
metric is frequently misinterpreted. Often conflated with a lack of access, misinterpretation of …

Ambivalence is a phenomenon that transcends disciplinary divides and is associated with a
myriad of mixed outcomes. Yet, identifying and representing the complexities of ambivalent …

We examine whether changes in US pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates between 2009 and
2015 reflect underlying change in the incidence of pregnancies classified by retrospectively …

As threats to sexual and reproductive health care spread, efforts toward meaningful access
can feel like an uphill battle. Reproductive Justice 1 (RJ) leaders have long worked to …

Potter and colleagues are right: the retrospective, population-level measure of unintended
pregnancy—typically presented as a rate among women of reproductive age or as a …

Public health discourses often claim that delaying pregnancy is associated with social and
economic benefits. Yet research suggests that, for young people, structural inequity is most …

Little research on contraceptive decision-making takes a holistic perspective to understand
women's contraceptive journeys throughout the reproductive life course. This analysis …

To understand the relationship between pregnancy intentions and contraceptive use, a
growing body of research has begun to examine various domains of women's attitudes …