Unwanted pregnancy has serious health and social implications all around the world. The skilled research undertaken by the pharmaceutical industry has led to sophisticated medicines to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Yet research continues into contraceptive medicines for women and, more recently, men.
Disease: Contraception
Last update: July 2009
Intro
FAQ: Who needs it?
All sexually active women between the ages of 13 and 50 share some risk of unwanted pregnancy. The rate of teenage pregnancies is still unsatisfactorily high: 4.1 per cent in Western Europe and 14.7 per cent in Eastern Europe.