Experts estimate that nearly 60 percent of all U.S. pregnancies--and 81 percent of pregnancies among adolescents--are unintended. Yet the topic of preventing these unintended pregnancies has long been treated gingerly because of personal sensitivities and public controversies, especially the angry debate over abortion. Additionally, child welfare advocates long have overlooked the connection between pregnancy planning and the improved well-being of families and communities that results when children are wanted. Now, current issues--health care and welfare reform, and the new international focus on population--are drawing attention to the consequences of unintended pregnancy. In this climate The Best Intentions offers a timely exploration of family planning issues from a distinguished panel of experts. This committee sheds much-needed light on the questions and controversies surrounding unintended pregnancy. The book offers specific recommendations to put the United States on par with other developed nations in terms of contraceptive attitudes and policies, and it considers the effectiveness of over 20 pregnancy prevention programs. The Best Intentions explores problematic definitions--"unintended" versus "unwanted" versus "mistimed"--and presents data on pregnancy rates and trends. The book also summarizes the health and social consequences of unintended pregnancies, for both men and women, and for the children they bear. Why does unintended pregnancy occur? In discussions of "reasons behind the rates," the book examines Americans' ambivalence about sexuality and the many other social, cultural, religious, and economic factors that affect our approach to contraception. The committee explores the complicated web of peer pressure, life aspirations, and notions of romance that shape an individual's decisions about sex, contraception, and pregnancy. And the book looks at such practical issues as the attitudes of doctors toward birth control and the place of contraception in both health insurance and "managed care." The Best Intentions offers frank discussion, synthesis of data, and policy recommendations on one of today's most sensitive social topics. This book will be important to policymakers, health and social service personnel, foundation executives, opinion leaders, researchers, and concerned individuals. May

Unplanned pregnancies happen to women in every season of life: the newly married, the never-married, the empty-nester, the teenager, the overworked mother, the career woman. Yet we rarely talk about how lonely and confusing this experience can be. In Surprise Child, Leslie Leyland Fields, who experienced two unplanned pregnancies in her forties, lyrically weaves her own story with the stories of other women who understand the isolation you face as expectations and plans are turned upside down to make room for a child. “Each year, more than three million women discover themselves pregnant–at a hard time, the wrong time, at a difficult place in their lives. I am one of those women.…” Together, these women walk with you month-by-month through the physical and emotional stages of pregnancy, voicing with startling honesty their own anxieties and struggles. Here you will find the companionship and hope you need to journey toward new life.

"Now with a new afterword by the author"--Back cover.

"The Unplanned Pregnancy Book for Teens & College Students is a helpful guide written to provide you with information and resources that can help you come to terms with how to handle your unplanned pregnancy. This book is not written to influence you or to change your mind about how you should deal with your unplanned pregnancy. This book aims to educate"--Page 4 of cover.

I fell in love with the enemy… and got her pregnant. This could probably be the biggest mistake of my life. Except that I don’t regret any of it. Amanda is beautiful. She’s with me for who I am… Not for my big bank account. I can’t keep my hands off her gorgeous curves. And my lips off her soft skin. She’s all I want. The problem? Her father who’s my biggest rival in business. He’ll do everything in his power to destroy what we have. But there’s one thing he has no control over. The baby that’s growing inside Amanda. I’m ready to risk it all… if that’s what it takes to claim my family.

This is the first part of the book of pregnancy series. Nate Nara is the CEO of Nara enterprise who had everything in his life good looks, fame, wealth and beautiful wife but the only thing he wants more than anything is to have a family. He wants to have his own family and his own children. But he lost the ability to become a father due to illness. So he tried to have the child by using the insemination method. Mia Mathis is planning to go to New York after one month for her studies and she has just started working under his company. She goes to visit the gynecologist for a check-up but gets inseminated by mistake because a nurse misplaced the files and send her to an endocrinologist by mistake. After finding out that Mia is pregnant he decided to give divorce to his wife but the situation turns out and Mia had to deliver the kids forcefully due to get shot by the gun by Anna, Nate's wife. Another day at hospital they get to know that Anna was the death and Nate take all the blame to save Mia and goes to jail but the thing was Anna was alive when they go to a hospital to save Mia and their kids so who killed her was still suspense. Read the book to find out the murderer and to know what happens next.

You can fight your past, but you Can’t Fight This Feeling. Kate Treanor gave up hope of having a family of her own when her fiancé died three years ago. But miracles—and mistakes—happen. After a scorching one-night stand with a stranger leaves her pregnant, Kate’s determined to raise the baby by herself. But when she encounters the criminally charismatic baby-daddy at her best friend’s wedding, she’s torn between getting him to sign away his parental rights and getting him back in bed. Playboy Oliver Mercier is thrilled when Kate reappears in his life—until it turns out she’s more interested in having him forfeit his responsibilities than repeating a night he’s never forgotten. Oliver is faced with upending his lifestyle to become a co-parent with the baby-mama he’ll never stop wanting. He won't stop fighting for her, because he can't fight this feeling. Readers of Meghan Quinn and Melanie Harlow will enjoy this stand-alone, full-length, accidental pregnancy romance in the steamy, funny series about four bridesmaids in a society Santa Barbara wedding who form a pact to be Never a Bride. Read them all! Can't Help Falling in Love (Book 1) Can't Make You Love Me (Book 2) Can't Fight This Feeling (Book 3) Can't Hurry Love (Book 4)

In the live music industry, Eddie Valenzuela’s seen enough bands to know what good really sounds like. During one wild night out, he collides headfirst with an up-and-coming singer who puts ‘good’ to shame. She’s got the voice, the look, and holy hell, the body too. But after a sizzling week together, the singer who seemed like Mrs. Right turns out to be Mrs. Not Quite Right when she disappears without so much as an Instagram handle. Fiona Frank’s only goal in life was to make it big doing what she loved: playing music. And her hard work paid off, in the form a big-time record deal that has her doing TV shows, radio spots, and even her first international tour. Her career is built on spurning love and staying single, though she’s never been opposed to the occasional lover. As long as they don’t last. And she’ll do whatever it takes to make sure that the world falls in love with The Sin Girl. But she wasn’t ready for the positive pregnancy test on her first international tour. There’s only one man that could be the father: Eddie. While Fiona grapples with the next steps, Eddie goes gung ho being the family man she never asked for, and the pressure from the label is mounting. If they discover her secret, she can kiss her contract goodbye. Which means she has to figure out how to break her fall. BREAKING THE FALL is is a sizzling stand-alone among the interconnected books of the Breaking series. One-click now to see just how hard and fast these two fall for each other! Topics include: contemporary romance, contemporary, romance novels, second chance romance, sports romance, hot romance, romance series, hot fighter romance, bad girl romance, accidental pregnancy romance, insta-love romance, insta love, celebrity romance, musician romance, mma romance, contemporary romance books, romance series, new adult romance, beach reads, romance novels free, romance books, alpha male, emotional reads, sexy For fans of: Aurora Rose Reynolds, Penelope Ward, Vi Keeland, Alexa Rivers, Dr. Rebecca Sharp, Lisa Suzanne, Melanie Harlow, Kylie Scott

Sometimes opposites attract… When Sarah starts work at the Botros Oil Company, she doesn’t expect the tall and stunningly sexy CEO to be so rude, arrogant, and argumentative. He obviously doesn’t approve of his brother hiring her. Sheikh Tariq Botros has never met anyone like Sarah. She has no respect for tradition. She’s clumsy, stubborn, unladylike, and talks far too much. She also isn’t intimidated by him. In fact, she openly challenges him. Just talking to her is an exercise in frustration. After a heated argument leads to an unforgettable night of passion, they both agree it can never happen again. But there are consequences to their unprotected encounter, and they’re forced to come to terms with their feelings and the explosive attraction between them. Previously published as Sheikh's Accidental Pregnancy.

She’s not interested in a second chance romance, so he’ll have to convince her that he’s really changed… Twenty-five years after Dawn’s husband abandoned her and their baby daughter, Griffin is back in town. He’s older, buffer, part of a motorcycle club, and nothing like he was in his youth. He says he wants to get his family back, but Dawn’s been burned by him before. No matter what her friends say, she’s determined to stay away from him. Besides their “friends with benefits” arrangement, that is. After his father’s death, Griff is facing his own mortality and ready to make things right with his daughter and ex-wife. He’s going to do whatever it takes to earn their trust back. If only there wasn’t another accidental pregnancy to deal with… They were each other’s first loves, can they be each other’s last one too? “Bourbon & Bikers” is book four in the “Boozy Book Club” series. Each story in the series is a steamy standalone featuring a couple in their forties and fifties, a nosy group of book club friends, matchmaking family members, and a sweet happily ever after that proves anyone can find love later in life. This book is perfect for fans of: Hope Ford, Frankie Love, LB Dunbar, Kylie Gilmore, Mia Brody, Lucy Score, Claire Kingsley, Kathryn Nolan, Pippa Grant, Tawna Fenske, Daniella Brodsky, Kameron Claire, Fern Fraser, Melissa Foster, Bella Andre, Pamela Kelley, J.H. Croix, Kait Nolan, Donna McDonald, Erin Wright, Liz Isaacson, and of course, Rose Bak. Keywords: contemporary romance, romantic comedy, later in life, midlife, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, instalove, second chance, reunited, short read, romance novella, romantic novella, love at first sight, unexpected love, alpha male, curvy woman, strong female lead, steamy, series, humor, rich, funny, seasoned romance, comedy, romance, love, work, workplace, mature couple, romantic, silver fox, milf, bbw, small town, ex-husband, first love, single mom, accidental pregnancy, menopause, books, book club, biker, MC, firefighter, fireman