Hi everyone. We are back from taking a blogging break. And what a great time to come back. Barack Obama’s inauguration brings lots of news about reproductive rights for women!
Today, I read a great blog posting on one of our favorite blogs, RH Reality Check.
In America, 62 million women are of childbearing age; worldwide, the number is around 1.5 billion. In the US, when these women get pregnant, half of their pregnancies will be unplanned and 42% of these end in abortion. Approximately 40% percent of pregnancies worldwide are unintended. Globally, about half of all abortions are considered unsafe and more than 75% occur in developing countries. In order to reduce the number of unsafe abortions worldwide, and to equip individuals with tools they need to take control of their reproductive lives, we need to ensure the availability of reversible, effective birth control solutions with minor side effects for both men and women.
Read more: http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/01/26/birth-control-men-coming-soon
This is a great reminder of why emergency contraception is so important. According to these stats half of all pregnancies are unplanned! Clearly, the birth control choices available to us are not working. We need to get the word out about Plan B, so that pregnancies can be prevents AFTER sex.
Speaking of.. we have a line of T-shirts that say Prevent Pregnancy AFTER Sex. Check them out.
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