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| Formation | 1976 |
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| Founder | Tim Black, Jean Black and Phil Harvey |
| Purpose | To allow women around the world to choose when they have children. |
| Headquarters | London |
| Services | Contraception and legal abortion |
CEO | Simon Cooke |
Staff | 13,000 |
| Website | www |
MSI Reproductive Choices, named Marie Stopes International until November 2020,[1] is an international non-governmental organisation providing contraception and safe abortion services in 37 countries around the world. MSI Reproductive Choices as an organisation lobbies in favour of access to abortion, and provides a variety of sexual and reproductive healthcare services including advice, vasectomies, and abortions in the UK and other countries where it is legal to do so. It is based in London and is a registered charity under English law.[2]
In 2015 there were an estimated 21 million women around the world using a method of contraception provided by Marie Stopes International. The organisation claims that in 2015 the services that it averted 6.3 million unintended pregnancies, 4 million unsafe abortions and 18,100 maternal deaths.[3]
The organisation's core services include family planning; safe abortion and post-abortion care; maternal and child health care, including safe delivery and obstetrics; diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections; and HIV/AIDS prevention.[4]
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