Yet, a quick look at the rate of unintended pregnancy in other countries suggests that the problem is not simply one of ‘human nature’ or a matter of the limitations of existing contraceptive technologies. While 49% of pregnancies in the United States are unintended, the corresponding percentage in France is only 33%,29 and in Edinburgh, Scotland, it is only 28%.30,31 Compared with the United States, these countries have much lower proportions of women at risk for unintended pregnancy who use no contraception at all; while this figure is 11% in the United States, it is only 3% in France and 3% in the United Kingdom.29,32 Moreover, IUD use is much more common; while only 2% of women at risk use IUDs in the United States, 6% use IUDs in the United Kingdom and 20% use IUDs in France.29,32 - www.arhp.org