unwanted pregnancy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunwantedandpregnancy
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unwanted
adjective
uk/ʌnˈwɒn.tɪd/us/ʌnˈwɑːn.t̬ɪd/
not ...
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pregnancy
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈpreɡ.nən.si/us/ˈpreɡ.nən.si/
the state of ...
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(Definition ofunwantedandpregnancyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Such availability will reduce the incidence ofunwantedpregnancy.
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Rampant sexuality created not onlyunwantedpregnancy, but also dangerous and exploitative conditions for women.
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This is particularly relevant in relation to the enormous problem of theunwantedpregnancy.
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Many reasons exist for not using a contraceptive technique to prevent anunwantedpregnancy.
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Finally, they may continue with anunwantedpregnancy.
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After all, there are two ways round anunwantedpregnancy.
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I should like some closer definition of "unwantedpregnancy".
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One issue of interest for family planning programmes concerns the proportion of women remaining unprotected from anunwantedpregnancy.
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No couple can be criticized ifunwantedpregnancyoccurs in spite of determined efforts to avoid it.
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If undertaken to preventunwantedpregnancy, the pregnancy it prevents belongs to another person, not to the one sterilized.
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It was clear that they thought of the pill as a highly effective method of preventingunwantedpregnancy.
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Sometimes, because of the trauma of an unplanned andunwantedpregnancy, partners feel they will never indulge in intercourse again.
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Unwantedpregnancycan be understood as a disability, which interferes with the ability of women to function normally in social life.
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In his large-scale survey, one-third of couples committed to good birth control practices had anunwantedpregnancywithin 5 years.
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By 6 months after presumed ovulation, they are no more likely than those not wishing more children to be unprotected from anunwantedpregnancy.
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That the woman who finds herself with anunwantedpregnancysuffers worst of all, because she has brought her suffering upon herself?
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For this, the satisfaction of avoiding anunwantedpregnancyor social worth in terms of population control may be more useful indices.
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I do not underestimate the considerable pressures caused byunwantedpregnancy.
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The lesson of the tragedy that would come with anunwantedpregnancyno longer applies.
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The acid test must be their effectiveness in reducingunwantedpregnancy.
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Is the genuine anxiety of a wife fearing anotherunwantedpregnancya medical or social reason?
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Anunwantedpregnancyis not the result of fecklessness on the part of a woman.
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Anunwantedpregnancyis one that the parents did not intend to occur.
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But if anunwantedpregnancycosts a lot of money, what about a wanted pregnancy?
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