11% of teenage girls have unmet need for birth control
The annual report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says 11% of 15 to 49-year-olds females who are in relationships are not getting adequate access to family planning.
That’s more than twice the rate in our nearest neighbour, Britain, where just 5% fall into this category. Across the 25 EU countries covered in the global study, only Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Spain have a higher rate than Ireland.
