Women who choose family planning are healthier and face a lower risk of dying during pregnancy and child birth.
Family planning saves women’s lives by allowing women to delay motherhood, space births, avoid unwanted pregnancies and abortion, and stop childbearing when they have the number of children they want.
Publication
Factsheet - Family planning saves lives
No. of pages: 1
Publication date: August 2017
Author: UNFPA Sierra Leone
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