Yeah, I find it confusing too. I’ll just project whatever I want onto that sentence and then judge her forever for it.

Her wording wasn’t poor, your reading was. As so very many others have pointed out to you

I think she’s saying that she likely wouldn’t be as wildly successful at 25 had she gotten pregnant when she was a sexually active teenager and young adult, and the avoidance of such a pregnancy was due, at least in some part, to Planned Parenthood.

I think your reading was poor.

First of all, are you serious? I can't always tell. I think for a woman growing up in her circumstances, having a child (especially out of wedlock) would have made it pretty close to impossible to succeed , especially in her field. There’s always a woman with kids that makes it big despite the odds (e.g., Loretta…

I disagree, your logic is poor. “A and B” does not mean “If not A then not B.”