With caution United Nations Population FundWomen avoid the use of modern family planning methods due to myths and misinformation about the use of contraception.

According to a newspaper report, statistics show that almost half of all pregnancies worldwide are unplanned.Defender“.

Mentioned in it Report The United Nations Population Fund, which released on Wednesday, said that “lack of access to family planning is not the main reason for obtaining contraception,” adding that 257 million women want to avoid pregnancy but do not use effective contraception.

While the use of contraception is on the rise worldwide, women who deliberately avoid them are more likely to do so due to concerns about “side effects, myths, stigma and opposition from others”.

Fear of side effects makes up 26 percent of women who do not use modern contraceptive methods and do not want to become pregnant at the same time.

In its report, the fund stressed that the use of contraceptives by many women is a complex issue, “there are many myths and legends, and there are still misconceptions that contribute to not using these methods.”

He said he had heard in a poll of 60 people in Ghana that “contraceptives make people obese.”

Women from various countries, including the United States, have been told before that birth control pills can cause infertility.

In the comments provided by the fund, a 43-year-old woman from Burkina Faso said, “We were told contraception would make women infertile,” another 31-year-old woman from Sudan pointed out that it was believed to cause infertility. Cancer.

Even in the United States, a 39-year-old woman said she believes birth control pills can help with weight gain, acne, as well as nausea, headaches and mood swings, while another 39-year-old woman in the United States said. There is no health care facility to get her insurance, oral contraceptive pill.

The 44-year-old Algerian woman said, “You should only use condoms for sex outside of marriage, the pills make you infertile and the IUD causes bleeding,” while the 23-year-old woman from Nepal referred to several young women. Pregnancy due to fear and stigma.

According to data first released in 2020, nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide, about 121 million, are unplanned, and more than 60 percent of these pregnancies end in miscarriage.

The United Nations Population Fund estimates that 45 percent of all abortions are unsafe.

The report called on governments to include “comprehensive sex education” and “tainted” beliefs and misinformation in their programs so that women and girls can get accurate information about their contraceptive options, as well as train health care providers.

“Family planning programs have made great strides in providing information on access and contraception, but there is still a long way to go to reach the underprivileged,” the report said.