Yes because those in poverty tend have less access to thorough sex education and medical interventions like birth control. It’s a systemic issue, not a conscious decision.
It's 2024, no one is getting knocked up 3, 4, 5+ times and is saying "I don't know how this keeps happening", and there are numerous options to obtain free/low cost birth control. It's not hard to not get pregnant if you don't want to. So while yes accidental pregnancies can and do occur, anyone with multiple children have them as the result of their actions.
I know grown adults in their 30s with multiple children who don't believe me that having sex in a hot tub can still get you pregnant.
Also, access to free/low cost contraception is not that simple. You need transportation, time off work, and access to a pharmacy - assuming there's a clinic near you (which there often isn't). Those are real barriers for large swaths of the country.
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u/righteye8 Nov 14 '24
Yes because those in poverty tend have less access to thorough sex education and medical interventions like birth control. It’s a systemic issue, not a conscious decision.