I was wondering about the "emergency contraception" option anxiously desired by a 17-year-old girl. There was some article yesterday (SF Chronicle?) about the rush to get IUDs before Trump is sworn in. Why the emergency?
Here's my answer, a partial one: We are in a culture where the idea of sex as part of a casual dating relationship is automatically assumed. I've seen many posters on this board refer to sex outside of marriage. It's part of the current culture. Take a couple steeped in that culture, you're already in trouble. Add alcohol, even more trouble.
Agree with your post but most married people use some type of contraception as well. And I’ll bet IUD is more popular among married people than unmarried.
Both married and unmarried people can have “unwanted” children and real options to address this are quite limited:
1) Prevent the human race from becoming intimate too many times. Never happening without 24/7 surveillance of everyone.
2) Outlaw contraception and collectively pay for or adopt every child born that parents cannot afford. People will have 10 kids and growth of the welfare state will lead to disaster.
3) Attempt to institute a worldwide religion that controls overpopulation. Never happening unless you do #1 first.
4) Promote contraception and use abortion when it fails. Horrifying but it seems to be the only option to keep humanity alive and not under a boot