Sources:

• 225 million women in developing countries have an unmet need for family planning (Guttmacher, 2014)
• The impact of the unmet need:
  • 74 million unplanned pregnancies (Guttmacher, 2014)
  • 28 million unplanned births (Guttmacher, 2014)
  • 36 million abortions every year (Guttmacher, 2014)
• Spending one dollar for contraceptive services reduces the cost of pregnancy-related care by $1.47 (Guttmacher, 2014)
• Investing $9.4 billion annually to fully meet the need for modern contraceptive services would…
  • Reduce unintended pregnancies by 70% (Guttmacher, 2014)
  • Reduce unsafe abortions by 74% (Guttmacher, 2014)
  • Decrease maternal deaths by 25% (Guttmacher, unpublished)
  • Drop newborn deaths by 18% (Guttmacher, unpublished)