(Sweden) Abortions more common despite morning-after pill, "careless" contraception habits
Abortions more common despite morning-after pill
Abortion figures in Sweden have increased since the introduction of the morning-after pill, with experts blaming the unwanted pregnancies on Swedes' "careless" contraception habits.
The morning-after pill was launched in Sweden 12 years ago with the aim of reducing unwanted pregnancies.
"Our hope was that the pill would bring down the abortion rates," Catharina Zätterström, deputy chairwoman at the Swedish Association of Midwives (Barnmorskeförbundet) told the Dagens Nyheter newspaper (DN).
Despite the availability of the emergency pill, abortion rates have increased from 18.4 per 1,000 women in 1997, to 20.9 last year.
The sale of the morning after pill has meanwhile soared, with more than twice as many sold in Sweden last year than in 2001 when the product was launched.
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