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State of the World Population Report 2022; Seeing the Unseen | Key Highlights

State of the World Population Report 2022; Seeing the Unseen | Key Highlights
State of the World Population Report 2022; Seeing the Unseen | Key Highlights

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UNFPA

State of World Population Report

State of the World Population Report 2022; Seeing the Unseen | Key Highlights

Publication date

30 March 2022

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An estimated 121 million pregnancies per year take place in the bodies of women who did not choose pregnancy or motherhood, who were not planning to have a child at that time, with that partner, in those circumstances. This is an unseen crisis, invisible in part because it is so common – nearly everyone knows someone who has experienced an unintended pregnancy – and in part because it is widely stigmatized. Yet it exacts an unbearable toll on the lives of individuals, societies and the world.