 The world’s population exceeds seven billion, is increasing by 80 million yearly and will likely reach 9-10 billion by 2050 (1). Population growth is a leading cause of environmental degradation and human suffering from poverty and hunger (2). Much of this population growth is unintended. In 2008, 41% of all pregnancies worldwide were unplanned, and 20% of all pregnancies ended in abortion, leading to 47,000 maternal deaths from unsafe abortions (3, 4). In the United States, the unintended pregnancy rate is 48%, and 18% of all pregnancies end in abortion, accounting for 1.1 million abortions annually (3)
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