Citation

Frost AE, Dodoo FNA. Contexts 2009; 8(1): 44-49.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, American Sociological Association, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1525/ctx.2009.8.1.44

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Roughly 50 years ago it became clear that women across the developing world were bearing more children than they wanted.

Poor access to modern contraception meant women couldn't properly plan their families or prevent unwanted pregnancies. Demographers and policy makers foresaw a potentially catastrophic global population explosion, and significant financial investments in family planning programs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America followed.