1. Abortion and Contraceptive Use

2. Induced Abortion: A World Review, 1990 (Henshaw) Highlights –Laws & policies (Table 1) –Abortion rates and ratios (Table 2) –Explanations for variations in rates –Health issues –Provision of abortion services –Variation by demographics Age Parity Prior abortions

3. Trends in the Demand for Family Limitation in Developing Countries (Westoff and Bankole) Highlights –Total potential demand for limiting Increasing across developing countries –Slow, but steady in sub-Saharan Africa –Use of contraceptives for limiting Sub-Saharan Africa lags, but Botswana, Kenya, and Zimbabwe “in the vanguard of the take-off” Variance in regions –Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka, Thailand –Haiti, Guatemala, Paraguay vs. Peru

4. Trends in the Demand for Family Limitation in Developing Countries (Westoff and Bankole) Unmet Need for Limiting –Increased uniformly for countries in SSA –Declining as contraceptive prevalence rises in Asia and North Africa Women at Risk of Unwanted Childbearing –No clear direction of change in SSA –Pronounced decline in Asia/N. Africa –Latin America more mixed

5. Trends in the Demand for Family Limitation in Developing Countries (Westoff and Bankole) The Broad Picture –Regional diversity in tempo of the emergence of family planning norms –Demand for contraception is increasing throughout the developing world Policy recommendations

6. Trends in Contraceptive Use in the U.S.: 1982-1995 (Piccinino & Mosher) Data source: NSFG –Surveys of women ’73, ’76, ’88, ’95, (’02), continuous interviewing –National sample of women 15-44 –Provides data on marriage, divorce, contraception, infertility, and health

7. Trends in Contraceptive Use in the U.S. (Piccinino & Mosher) 1955-1982 –Rise and fall in pill use –Increase in sterilization –Decline in IUD & diaphragm use (1980s) –Rise in condom use (1980s) 1982-1995 –Increases in use across all groups Increase in condom use –Especially for <25, Blacks, Latinos, and unmarrieds Decrease in use of pills, diaphragm, and IUD –Offset by use of condoms, implants, and injectables Increase in use of multiple methods