Kristina Edvardsson

Jan 28, 2024 | mja.com.au | Kristina Edvardsson |Kirsten Black |Deborah Bateson |Wendy Norman

Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52202 Published online: 29 January 2024 In 2022, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) declared unintended pregnancy a global crisis: nearly half of all pregnancies around the world are unintended.1 While some of these pregnancies are desired, about 73 million pregnancies end in abortion each year.2,3 In Australia, about 40% of pregnancies are unintended,4 and the annual abortion rate is estimated to be 17.3 per 1000 women aged 15–44 years,5 similar to...