For instance, women and men often worry about side effects of contraceptive use. Other women lack accurate information about reproductive health or access to appropriate services. Such an effort, however, will require more financial support and stronger leadership commitment to the importance of avoiding unintended childbearing. Offering counseling and choices helps clients use contraception correctly and consistently. Worldwide, less than half of all births are planned.
Many women have unintended births or terminate unwanted pregnancies in abortion.
With adequate support, family planning programs could do more to assure that all pregnancies and births are planned. In most developing countries many people have been able to space and limit their births because and sometimes only because widely supported family planning programs have provided contraception and made it increasingly understood, accepted, and accessible. As contraceptive use has spread, the average number of births per woman has declined. Improving access and quality. As quality improves and more methods become available, more couples use contraception.