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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. Got a minute?
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2 .It sounds obvious, pregnancies could be avoided by using contraception.
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3 .But 15 million unwanted pregnancies could be avoided annually in 35 low- and middle-income countries if women did in fact use modern contraception.
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4 .That's according to a study in the journal Human Reproduction.
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5 .Unwanted pregnancy has a wide range of serious consequences.
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6 .Women may have to stop their education or employment.
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7 .They might pursue unsafe abortions.
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8 .And they can face disability, disease and death as a result of the pregnancy.
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9 .To determine barriers to the use of contraception, researchers compared surveys and interviews of nearly 13,000 women who became pregnant unintentionally.
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10 .They compared the data to that from more than a hundred thousand women who were sexually active and did not want to be pregnant.
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11 .For women who were sexually active, did not want to be pregnant, but did not use contraception, 37 percent feared health side effects from contraception.
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12 .Twenty-two percent said they or their partner objected.
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13 .These issues outweighed cost or availability.
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14 .Women also underestimated the risks of getting pregnant from unprotected sex.
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15 .The World Health Organization's Howard Sobel is one of the authors of the study.
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16 .In a press release he says the research shows that health workers need to play a bigger role in educating and reassuring women, along with helping individuals determine the best contraceptive for them.
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17 .He advises that effective, affordable contraception should be coupled with education about the myths of contraception, and information about the real risks of unintended pregnancies.
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18 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber.
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