Double the Money

Real Investment in Family Planning Will Reap Massive Rewards for the Whole Planet

Since 1995, U.S. funding for international family planning has fallen by almost 40%. At the same time, the number of women of reproductive age in the developing world has grown by nearly 300 million. More than 200 million women wish to delay or end childbearing but do not have access to modern contraceptives. As a result, there are between 70 and 80 million unintended pregnancies in the developing world each year. Unmet need for family planning services contributes to a host of devastating consequences: resource insecurity, civil instability, and maternal and child death.

It’s time for a change in direction: It’s time to Double the Money.

Our Double the Money campaign aims to convince Congress and the Obama Administration to roughly double the current funding for international family planning to $1 billion for FY 2010.