Birth Control

Why do so many educated and otherwise rational women say they got pregnant but weren't trying? And act surprised that they are pregnant? And then, in some cases, expect other people to support their pregnancy, their child, their child care expenses, etc, because none of this was their fault?

First off, we all know how pregnancy happens. And secondly, since we are an educated society, we all pretty much know about birth control. But many of these women who claim to have gotten pregnant by accident, when asked if and what they were doing to prevent pregnancy at the time that they conceived, will readily admit "nothing." Well I have news for you. If you weren't doing anything to prevent pregnancy, then in effect, you did in fact plan to became pregnant, you were in fact "trying" if you weren't actively not trying. And if you were doing something to prevent pregnancy and got pregnant anyways, were you using your chosen method according to the instructions? Because being on the pill but skipping some days in the hopes that you could become pregnant but tell your boyfriend/husband/significant other that it was by accident and that you don't know how you got pregnant because you are on the pill...well...this would still count as a planned pregnancy.

Yes, I am aware that some women get pregnant in spite of using birth control properly. But this would really be a very small, small percentage.

And don't even get me started on the Rhythm Method. There's a word for couples who rely on that method. It's "parents." Ditto for the abstinence method. It only works, duh, for people who are abstinent. It's completely non-effective for people who are not abstinent but whose parents think they are.