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Mr. Malthus confesses that his proposal to exclude them would not remove the evil, and both he and Mr. Godwin have declared that the true remedy can alone be found in preventives. I The right of couples "to determine freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children", long taken for granted in most of the world, was formally declared at the 1968 International Conference on Human Rights. [Extracted from the article]

OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of type of contraceptive usage after counselling in women seeking post abortion care. METHODOLOGY: A quasi experimental trial was conducted at Department of Gynaecology & Obstetrics Unit-I, JPMC, Karachi from August 2014 to May 2015. A sample of 753 married women age between 18-40, who had presented for induced abortion were included in the study RESULTS: The mean ± SD age was 31.47±5.54 years which ranged from 18-40 years. After counselling, 59.1% females were started using any method of contraception. Most common method was oral contraceptive pills 27.6%, 14.6% used condoms, 11.4% had intrauterine device while 2.9% used injectable contraceptives, 1.5% used sub dermal implant & 1.1% used tubal ligation. CONCLUSION: The current study found that if females have adequate knowledge about different methods of contraception and their capability to control birth spacing. So females can adopt any methods instead of conceiving unwanted pregnancy and then to go for induced abortion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Contraception following delivery or an induced abortion reduces the risk of an early unintended pregnancy and its associated adverse health consequences. Unmet need for contraception during the postpartum period and contraceptive counseling and services following abortion have been the focus of efforts for the last several decades. This article provides an introduction to the more focused contributions that follow in this special issue. We discuss the validity and measurement of the concept of unmet need for family planning during the postpartum period. We then present key findings on postpartum contraceptive protection, use dynamics, and method mix, followed by an assessment of interventions to improve postpartum family planning. The evidence on postabortion contraceptive uptake and continuation of use remains thin, although encouraging results are noted for implementation of comprehensive abortion care and for the impact of post-abortion contraceptive counseling and services. Drawing on these studies, we outline policy and program implications for improving postpartum and post-abortion contraceptive use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]