10 Well-funded family planning programs accomplish more and accomplis it better.
Financial support is crucial to the success of family planning programs.
In reality, however, many programs today have too little money to meet the current demand for services. Virtually all family planning programs seek to make contraceptives available to clients either free of charge or at easily affordable prices. The financial support that a government commits to family planning is a measure of its political commitment. Allocating money in the national budget makes an even stronger and more consequential statement of support for family planning than adopting a population policy or making speeches exhorting people to use family planning. While in some cases family planning is a substantial share of a country's health budget, other expenditures consume far more resources.