‘Nearly Half Of All Pregnancies In The World Are Unintended’

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says nearly half of all pregnancies in the world, 121 million each year, are unintended.

The figure was disclosed in the State of World Population 2022 report.

The groundbreaking report, ‘Seeing the Unseen: The case for action in the neglected crisis of unintended pregnancy’, warned that this human rights crisis had profound consequences for societies, women and girls and global health.

According to the report, more than 60 per cent of unintended pregnancies end in abortion, and an estimated 45 per cent of all abortions are unsafe, causing five to 13 per cent of all maternal deaths.

The report also stated that this was having a major impact on the world’s ability to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

“This report is a wake-up call. The staggering number of unintended pregnancies represents a global failure to uphold women and girls’ basic human rights,” said UNFPA executive director Natalia Kanem. “For the women affected, the most life-altering reproductive choice – whether or not to become pregnant – is no choice at all.”

According to the key findings, gender inequality and stalled development drive high rates of unintended pregnancies.

It stated that globally, an estimated 257 million women who wanted to avoid pregnancy were not using safe and modern methods of contraception, and where data is available, nearly a quarter of all women were not able to say no to s3x.

“An unintended pregnancy is not necessarily a personal failure and may be due to the lack of autonomy society allows or the value placed on women’s lives,” the report stated.

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