Unintended Pregnancies Cost Government $11 Billion a Year - WSJ.com

Unintended Pregnancies Cost Government $11 Billion a Year - WSJ.com: "WASHINGTON -- To the list of hot-button ideas for reducing the federal government's budget deficit, add one more: stopping unwanted pregnancies.

Unintended pregnancies likely cost the federal and state governments more than $11 billion a year, estimated a study published Thursday from the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public-policy organization."