Reproductive Issues

Women Spend Most of Reproductive Years Avoiding Pregnancy

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 4th, 1995

The size of the family is shrinking all over the world because women in most countries want fewer children, suggests a study to be presented at the United Nations conference on women to be held in Bejing, China.

The report, "Hopes and Realities: Closing the Gap Between Women's Aspirations and Their Reproductive Experiences," examines aspects of family planning, pregnancy and birth shared by women in 42 developed and developing countries, including the United States.

"We hope it helps bring to the fore the issues of reproductive health," said Susheela Singh, author of the report and associate director of The Alan Guttmacher Institute, which issued the...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1995-09-04)

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