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YEAR: 1996

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The role of family planning in preventing abortion.

AUTHORS

United States. Agency for International Development [USAID]. Office of Population

SOURCE

[Unpublished] 1996 Aug. 9 p.

ABSTRACT

Worldwide experience has revealed that family planning programs play an essential role in reducing the number of

abortions by providing the means to avoid unintended pregnancies. The high abortion rates seen in developing

countries and in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are linked to unmet need for contraception,

which need affects at least 120 million couples in developing countries alone. In some countries, desire to curtail

fertility may outpace the availability of FP services. This may result in a short-term simultaneous increase in the use

of contraception and abortion. As contraceptive use becomes the norm, abortion rates fall substantially. In South

Korea, for example, contraceptive usage increased from 24% in 1971 to 77% in 1988, while lifetime abortion rates

increased to 2.9 in 1978 and then decreased to 1.9 by 1991. Abortion rates are lower when modern methods of

contraception are used. Thus, in Russia, use of effective contraception increased from 19% to 24% during 1990-94,

and the abortion rate per 1000 women dropped from 109 to 76. In Colombia and Mexico, where abortion causes 1/3

maternal deaths, expanding availability of effective contraception has led to a decline in the abortion rate. When

women who have had abortions are provided with life-saving care and access to contraceptive counseling and

services, maternal deaths and repeat abortions are reduced. The US Agency for International Development believes

that increasing access to effective contraception is an effective way to reduce reliance on abortion. (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT2T 2084-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The role of family planning in preventing abortion.", is(are)

United States. Agency for International Development [USAID]. Office of Population. The source of this article is

"[Unpublished] 1996 Aug. 9 p.". This article was published in 1996 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT2T 2084-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7084

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