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THE SOCIAL CASE FOR FC2 Empowering women as a development tool by decreasing maternal mortality & fewer unwanted pregnancies and protecting from HIV-infection, and other STIs = Worldwide 215 million women who like to plan or limit number of children have no access to contraception = Worldwide 21.6 million unsafe abortions cause 5 million women hospitalized each year, and account for 13 % of maternal deaths = Worldwide women and girls account for slightly more than half of all HIV infections = In sub-Saharan Africa 23 million people live with HIV/AIDS: over 12 million are women and nearly 2.5 million are children HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027084