Worldwatch : “Oops” Pregnancies in High Places

 

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I'll spare you her description of what happened later in the "bitterly cold" castle, but the result was the Blair's fourth child, who is considerably younger than the other three. Incredibly, though Cherie Blair was only 45 years old at the time, this accomplished barrister and judge believed she was "too old" to become pregnant.  

The wealthy contribute a lot more on a per-capita basis to human-induced climate change and many of the world's other environmental problems. Yet a significant proportion of their own population growth results from "oops" pregnancies. For anyone who cares about the environment and the influence of population size on it, it's not enough to support access to family planning in developing countries, important as that is. We also need much better contraceptive access and options in industrialized countries as well. And we need to figure out how to make contraception less of an "unmentionable" for every woman and man, right up to the level of prime ministers and their spouses.