Efforts to prevent unplanned pregnancies through education, health and family planning programs are not always successful, and unplanned pregnancies do occur. When a woman is faced with an unplanned pregnancy, she, and often her partner, need(s) help in coping with the situation and in making decisions about resolution of the pregnancy. Skilled assistance is needed for an individual involved with an unplanned pregnancy from those in the helping professions. Such assistance helps not only the parents and the unborn child, but society as a whole.
