The findings suggest that unintended pregnancy is an important consideration in interventions aimed at improving maternal and child health but further studies are needed to fully explore the dynamics between unintended pregnancy and maternal health outcomes. Of these unintended pregnancies, more than half a million were terminated through an abortion, a procedure that is legally restricted in the Philippines (Hussain and Finer, 2013). Although the proportion of unintended births has declined, the share of women aged between 15 and 24 within this population has increased, from 34.2 per cent in 2008 to 41.5 per cent in 2013.