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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In Benin, contraceptive options are available, and public health facilities are required to provide family planning services. However, public health facilities sometimes struggle from stock-outs or a lack of trained personnel, especially in rural or remote areas | In Benin, contraceptive options are available, and public health facilities are required to provide family planning services. However, public health facilities sometimes struggle from stock-outs or a lack of trained personnel, especially in rural or remote areas.<ref name="guttmacher_benin">[https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/contraceptive-use-benin Guttmacher Institute: Contraceptive Use in Benin]</ref> | ||
Generally speaking, contraceptive usage is not very high among women. In 2015, it was estimated that about 17% of women, aged 15-49, used any form of contraception (modern or traditional), including traditional methods. This was right at the West African regional average (about 17% of women). The most common modern forms of contraception were injectables (3% of women), condoms (3% of women), implants (1% of women), and IUDs (less than 1% of women). The most common traditional methods were the rhythm method (3% of women), various/uncategorized traditional methods (2% of women), and withdrawal (1% of women).<ref name=un2015_COUNTRY>[https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf United Nations: Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | Generally speaking, contraceptive usage is not very high among women. In 2015, it was estimated that about 17% of women, aged 15-49, used any form of contraception (modern or traditional), including traditional methods. This was right at the West African regional average (about 17% of women). The most common modern forms of contraception were injectables (3% of women), condoms (3% of women), implants (1% of women), and IUDs (less than 1% of women). The most common traditional methods were the rhythm method (3% of women), various/uncategorized traditional methods (2% of women), and withdrawal (1% of women).<ref name=un2015_COUNTRY>[https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf United Nations: Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | ||
Unplanned pregnancies are fairly common, with an estimated 19% of births unplanned.<ref name="guttmacher_benin" /> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||