Student Clip 09: Patricia Busch

Supporting material: Citing sources in the speech demonstrates credibility

According to the American Pregnancy Association, there are approximately six million pregnancies per year. Sixty million women are in the childbearing ages of 15 to 44. Of this demographic, 70 percent are sexually active and 64 percent use some form of birth control. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately one-half of pregnancies in the United States are unintended. This means over three million women become unintentionally pregnant per year.