CAROL Cassell
Overview On My Research Study
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his is an issue to reflect upon....and look to happier endings.......
Over the last several years, it has become obvious to me that the media has been busy romancing celebrity baby bumps while neglecting to mention that for most single women an unplanned pregnancy is an unwelcome personal dilemma.
The lack of candor about most women’s and men’s predicaments when faced with a pregnancy they didn’t plan on and don’t want, spurred me to start this research project--one dedicated to telling the honest—even they aren’t pretty—real life stories behind the pregnancy statistics and one that exposes the negative impact of an unwanted pregnancy in all of the lives it touches.
In the research conducted on this site (and in personal interviews) I'll explore the full spectrum of what a woman and a man feel about a surpise pregnancy. I’m well aware that unwanted pregnancy is a tough topic. It may hit some people too close to home. And for all of us, it is heartbreaking and emotionally daunting to consider that a vulnerable and loving child could be unwanted and neglected. But I’ve headed up many successful projects—with Planned Parenthood and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—that made a significant reduction in the rates of teenage pregnancy. I’ll bring those experiences to this research along with a sense of optimism that we can turn the tide and reduce the numbers of unplanned and especially unwanted pregnancies, among adults.
Although I am Pro-Choice and believe that abortion should be available and legal, I’m also pro-admitting the complexity of that choice. I believe it is important revent an unintended pregnancy in the first place and so this research.