They DO make that distinction! The aren't explicit about it because they make NO ATTEMPT to look at "unwanted pregnancies".
Why do they make that distinction but yet not find it valid enough to look at it?
I could also argue that we're coming back full circle with my argument that I don't believe the term "unplanned" alone really captures the complexity of the issue either :)
I never said or meant to imply that "unplanned" is the only thing that matters. You made a statement of fact (saying the vast majority of pregnancy are unplanned) that differs from the current best expert understanding of the situation. I thought you might care.
I think saying that it was a "statement of fact" is also probably stronger as well. But just because you also state a statistic as "fact" even though I think the research is flawed and not a realistic projection of numbers by "experts" (who do, in fact, also question the validity of the number and the tricky ways that's interpreted/able to be gathered). I just see this as you value the numbers; I don't. Whether you state the numbers of whether I state what I think doesn't mean that either are "facts" - it's incredibly subjective-based data. I care to not repeat statistics I don't support just as much as you care to use statistics.
I seriously doubt we'll agree on these points, so it's best to just agree to disagree. Rather ironic...given the original post about the inability for two sides to see each other's vantage points.
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Date: 2007-05-10 02:41 am (UTC)Why do they make that distinction but yet not find it valid enough to look at it?
I could also argue that we're coming back full circle with my argument
that I don't believe the term "unplanned" alone really captures the
complexity of the issue either :)
I never said or meant to imply that "unplanned" is the only thing that
matters. You made a statement of fact (saying the vast majority of
pregnancy are unplanned) that differs from the current best expert
understanding of the situation. I thought you might care.
I think saying that it was a "statement of fact" is also probably stronger as well. But just because you also state a statistic as "fact" even though I think the research is flawed and not a realistic projection of numbers by "experts" (who do, in fact, also question the validity of the number and the tricky ways that's interpreted/able to be gathered). I just see this as you value the numbers; I don't. Whether you state the numbers of whether I state what I think doesn't mean that either are "facts" - it's incredibly subjective-based data. I care to not repeat statistics I don't support just as much as you care to use statistics.
I seriously doubt we'll agree on these points, so it's best to just agree to disagree. Rather ironic...given the original post about the inability for two sides to see each other's vantage points.