The UK government announced on 24 September 2026 a £254 million package intended to expand voluntary family planning for more than 15 million women per year across 54 countries, including conflict zones. According to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the funding could prevent 14 million unintended pregnancies and over 35,000 maternal deaths by 2028. It was to be delivered through the CHOICES programme, which the department described as the UK's largest investment in sexual and reproductive rights, with work alongside the United Nations Population Fund and the Clinton Health Access Initiative in more than 50 of the world's poorest countries.

Development Minister Kirsty McNeill said the funding would help women and girls exercise autonomy over their bodies and futures. The package was also to widen access to a full range of contraceptives and to life-saving medicines for mothers and newborns, including blood measurement equipment for earlier detection of post-partum haemorrhage.

The release cited an estimate that 259 million women who wish to avoid or delay pregnancy are not using safe, modern methods, and noted that 70% of maternal deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. UNFPA Executive Director Diene Keita and CHAI Vice President Caitlin Glover welcomed the commitment.