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In Georgia, you can buy birth control pills over-the-counter. No prescription is needed.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> However, Georgian women use contraception at lower rates than their neighbors. According to a 2015 UN report, it was found that 51.8% of Georgian women (who are of reproductive age and married or in unions) use some form of contraception, including both modern and traditional methods. This is compared to 56.7% of Azerbaijani women, 59.2% of Armenian women, 66.5% of Ukrainian women and 74.2% of Turkish women. Furthermore, it was found that 16.8% of Georgian women have unmet family planning needs.<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | In Georgia, you can buy birth control pills over-the-counter. No prescription is needed.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> However, Georgian women use contraception at lower rates than their neighbors. According to a 2015 UN report, it was found that 51.8% of Georgian women (who are of reproductive age and married or in unions) use some form of contraception, including both modern and traditional methods. This is compared to 56.7% of Azerbaijani women, 59.2% of Armenian women, 66.5% of Ukrainian women and 74.2% of Turkish women. Furthermore, it was found that 16.8% of Georgian women have unmet family planning needs.<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | ||
According to 2015 data, the most | According to 2015 data, the most common form of contraception in Georgia was found to be condoms (used by 14.4% of Georgian women who are married or in unions). This was followed by IUDs (13.2%), withdrawal/pull-out method (9%) and the rhythm method (6%). Generally speaking, birth control pills were less popular, as they were found to be used by only 4.3% of the surveyed women. There were also comparatively low rates of usage of female sterilization (3.1%), vaginal barrier methods (1.6%), contraceptive injectables (0.1%) and male sterilization (0.1%). There was found to be practically no usage of contraceptive implants (0.0%) at that time.<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | ||
There are a few potential reasons why Georgian women use contraceptives at lower rates than their neighbors. For years, Georgia had insufficient contraceptive and family planning resources for women in the country.<ref>[https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/abortion-and-contraception-georgia-and-kazakhstan Abortion and Contraception in Georgia and Kazakhstan]</ref> Furthermore, Orthodox priests urged women to steer clear from birth control.<ref>[https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-sex-selection-abortion/24979979.html Georgians Wrestle With Abortion Issue As Gender Imbalance Grows]</ref> This ultimately lead to many women seeking out abortions, due to the lack of family planning measures that they followed prior to pregnancy. As of 2017, there are 1.76 children born per woman, on average, in Georgia.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2127.html CIA World Factbook - FIELD LISTING :: TOTAL FERTILITY RATE]</ref> | There are a few potential reasons why Georgian women use contraceptives at lower rates than their neighbors. For years, Georgia had insufficient contraceptive and family planning resources for women in the country.<ref>[https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/abortion-and-contraception-georgia-and-kazakhstan Abortion and Contraception in Georgia and Kazakhstan]</ref> Furthermore, Orthodox priests urged women to steer clear from birth control.<ref>[https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-sex-selection-abortion/24979979.html Georgians Wrestle With Abortion Issue As Gender Imbalance Grows]</ref> This ultimately lead to many women seeking out abortions, due to the lack of family planning measures that they followed prior to pregnancy. As of 2017, there are 1.76 children born per woman, on average, in Georgia.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2127.html CIA World Factbook - FIELD LISTING :: TOTAL FERTILITY RATE]</ref> | ||