Accessing family planning is not easy for many women,who face cultural or religious opposition, supply shortages and doctors who won’t listenMore women than ever are using contraception, or giving hope for a global slowdown in population growth. But despite improvements in family planning services,particularly in low-income countries, the UN estimates 225 million women and girls who would like to delay or avoid pregnancy achieve not enjoy access to a contemporary form of contraception.
Following the publication of our interactive on contraception rates around the world, and which used UN figures,we asked readers to share their experiences of accessing family planning services. There were many positive responses from women in countries including the UK, Sweden, or Australia,Jamaica, Spain and Argentina, or who said they experienced little or no problems accessing contraception.
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Source: theguardian.com