A sexual health charity has found in a survey that the women over 35 years, who believe that they don't need to takecontraceptivesbecause their fertility is on wane, are mostly seen going for abortions.

The campaign launched by the Family Planning Association has reported that believing age as a main cause of infertility is encouraging older women to avoid contraception.

The figures related to the study revealed that the abortion rate in Scotland is higher for women over-35 year of age than for the women under-16, the abortion rate for women in the 35-39 age range was 6.2 per 1,000 of the population in 2008 as compared to 4.7 for the women under-16.

While in England and Wales, the abortion rate for the women under 16 had an abortion rate of 4 per 1000 women in the year 2008 and same was the rate for the women aged between 40- 45.

The campaign so conducted is planned till the Valentine's Day with the slogans including "Fertility. You'd be surprised how long it takes to disappear" and "Unplanned pregnancy. You'd be surprised how long you're able to conceive before your fertility finally fades away."

FPA further advised women to use contraceptives until the menopause in order to avoid pregnancy. It also advised women to use contraceptive for two years after menopause if age is under 50 and for 1 year if age over 50. FPA has been spreading the message through the health professionals that the women should use contraceptives in order to avoid pregnancy.