Choice is key to a healthy life. When women and girls can choose the paths their lives take, they can make healthier choices for themselves and their families.
If all women had access to reproductive healthcare, unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and pregnancy-related deaths would drop by two-thirds.
Providing women with reproductive healthcare also decreases newborn deaths and HIV infections.
Every additional $1 spent on contraceptive services saves $3 in the cost of maternal, newborn and abortion care.
When women have time to recover between pregnancies, they’re healthier—and their children are more likely to survive.
