Contraceptive technologies: Responding to womens needs.

Seven out of 10 women in Sub-Saharan Africa South Central Asia and Southeast Asia who want to avoid pregnancy but are not using modern contraceptives report reasons for nonuse that indicate currently available methods do not satisfy their needs according to new Guttmacher research. The study found that overcoming method-related reasons for contraceptive nonuse could reduce unintended pregnancy by as much as 59% in these regions and that increased investment in the development of new methods that better address women’s concerns is needed.