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In El Salvador, you can purchase contraception (birth control) without a prescription.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> According to a 2015 report, 70.7% of Salvadoran women (who are married or in unions) use any form of contraception, including traditional methods. The most common forms of contraception are female sterilization (34.4%), injectables (19.5%), pills (4.8%) and male condoms (4.2%).<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in | In El Salvador, you can purchase contraception (birth control) without a prescription.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> According to a 2015 report, 70.7% of Salvadoran women (who are married or in unions) use any form of contraception, including traditional methods. The most common forms of contraception are female sterilization (34.4%), injectables (19.5%), pills (4.8%) and male condoms (4.2%).<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in | ||
Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | ||
El Salvador has one of the highest rates of female sterilization in Latin America and the Caribbean. The rise in female sterilization began in the late 1970s, when many women began obtaining tubal ligation. Between 1975 and 1985, the number of women (of childbearing age) who had been sterilized rose from 10% to 31%. Many of the women who have received sterilization are quite young (in 2004, almost 25% of women under 30 had been sterilized), and young women often regret getting the procedure done so early in their lives. It is common for young women to try to reverse the surgery. Typically, women are offered the option of sterilization when they're obtaining prenatal or post-natal care (as a way to prevent future births), and they say that they often choose to have the surgery because they're concerned about the reliability or side effects of contraceptives.<ref>[http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2010/elsalvador.aspx El Salvador Survey Shows Lower Fertility, Increased Contraceptive Use]</ref> | |||
Since the 1960s, family planning services have been available through the Ministry of Health and the Social Security Institute of El Salvador (ISSS) and the Asociación Demográfica Salvadoreña (ADS), a private affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.<ref>[http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm UN Report: El Salvador - Abortion Policy]</ref> | Since the 1960s, family planning services have been available through the Ministry of Health and the Social Security Institute of El Salvador (ISSS) and the Asociación Demográfica Salvadoreña (ADS), a private affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.<ref>[http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm UN Report: El Salvador - Abortion Policy]</ref> | ||