In its December 2009 report Adding it Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health, the Guttmacher Institute found:

There are approximately 215 million women who want to avoid a pregnancy but are not using effective methods of contraception

Of the 123 million women who give birth each year, only about half receive prenatal, delivery and newborn health care services

About 20 million women have unsafe abortions each year

Fully investing in family planning, maternal and newborn health would prevent 70 percent of maternal deaths, 44 percent of newborn deaths and 73 percent of unsafe abortions

The total cost of fully investing in family planning, maternal and newborn health would be $24.6 billion a year. While this is twice what is currently spent, it is less than $5 per person

The Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2010 (H.R. 5121) seeks to meet family planning, maternal and newborn health needs by providing integrated sexual and reproductive health programs in developing countries. It would also require the executive branch to develop a comprehensive global health strategy to improve and create links among the various aspects of sexual and reproductive health.