Reduces unplanned pregnancies and abortion

Family planning allows spacing of pregnancies and can delay pregnancies in young women at increased risk of health problems and death from early childbearing. More than one quarter of pregnancies worldwide, about 40 million annually, end in abortion. Nearly half of all abortions are conducted by persons lacking the necessary skills or in an unsafe environment. Meeting the unmet need for family planning services and education could reduce unintended pregnancies in developing regions by 60% and eliminating 54 million unintended pregnancies would prevent an estimated 26 million abortion a year.