Wednesday marks 100 years since contraception pioneer Margaret Sanger was arrested for running the first birth-control clinic in the United States. Convicted of public nuisance, Sanger was forced to close down the clinic in Brooklyn, New York. But organizations she established evolved into Planned Parenthood, today a leading reproductive health services provider, and Sanger became an icon of a worldwide movement to spread the availability of birth control. Here are a few facts about contraception worldwide:Surgical sterilization is the most common method of contraception for women globally, used by about one in five women of reproductive age, according to United Nations data on women who are married or live with a partner.

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