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One-in-four pregnancies unplanned, two-thirds of women foregoing contraceptives

Oct 26, 2019, at 06:47 am

New York/IBNS: Around two-thirds of sexually active women surveyed in a new UN study indicated that although they wished to avoid or postpone having children, they had stopped relying on contraception out of concern for how it was affecting their health. As a result, around a quarter of all pregnancies are unplanned.