Feedback at 5:00- Family Planning - Northern Michigan's News Leader

Feedback at 5:00- Family Planning

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The head of the United Nations Population Fund wants the world to pay more attention to family planning issues.

The organization says family planning seems to have "fallen off the radar" in the past two decades because of politics, funding shortages and focus on other priorities such as fighting AIDS.

220 million woman lack adequate information about family planning or a regular supply of contraceptives.

According to the US Census Bureau, there are more than 313 million people living in the United States, and more than 7 billion people on Earth.

For tonight's "Feedback at 5:00," we were wondering how many children you envisioned having in your family vs. the amount you actually have.

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