News Article20/01/2009

Marie Stopes International celebrates Obama inauguration

Women like Rachel have been waiting eight years for a US President who recognises their right to control the size and spacing of their family.

Marie Stopes International (MSI) has worked every day for 30 years, providing quality family planning and sexual health services all over the developing world. In 2008 alone, MSI programmes protected the equivalent of 13 million couples from unwanted pregnancy.

A majority of MSI’s family planning impact is in rural, under-served areas where women are particularly vulnerable and at risk of dying in pregnancy and childbirth. MSI stands ready to work with the Obama Administration and all those who believe in a woman’s right to quality
reproductive health care.