STATE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFILE
New Hampshire
NATIONAL BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
Despite the demonstrable importance and ubiquity of contraception, the truth is that ensuring that every pregnancy is wanted and planned is difficult, at both the individual and the societal levels. For the typical American woman to have two children, she will spend about five years pregnant, postpartum or attempting to become pregnant, and three decades�more than three-quarters of her reproductive life�trying to avoid pregnancy. Not all women, however, are successful: About half of all pregnancies in the United States each year�more than three million of them�are unintended. By age 45, more than half of all American women will have experienced an unintended pregnancy, and about one-third will have had an abortion. Nonetheless, contraceptive use can and does dramatically reduce women�s odds of having an unintended pregnancy.
DEMOGRAPHICS
- In 2008, there were 276,400 women of reproductive age (aged 13-44) in New Hampshire, 157,800 of whom were in need of contraceptive services and supplies. Of these:
- AGE: 21,700 were under the age of 20 and 136,100 were aged 20-44.
- INCOME: Among women aged 20-44, 15,400 were below 100% of the federal poverty level.
- RACE/ETHNICITY: 145,300 were non-Hispanic white; 1,800 were non-Hispanic black; and 4,600 were Hispanic.
- In 2008, there were 65,400 women in New Hampshire in need of publicly supported contraceptive services and supplies. Of these, 21,700 were in need of publicly supported services because they were sexually active teenagers, and 43,700 because they had incomes below 250% of the federal poverty level.
- In 2010-2011, 16% of women aged 15-44 in New Hampshire were uninsured, while 6% were enrolled in Medicaid.
For more information, see Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2006
PREGNANCIES, BIRTHS AND ABORTIONS
- In 2008, there were 19,900 pregnancies to the 261,372 women of reproductive age (15-44) in New Hampshire; 69% of these pregnancies resulted in live births and 16% in induced abortions.
- In 2006, 43% of pregnancies in New Hampshire were unintended. There were 9,000 unintended pregnancies to women in New Hampshire, producing a rate of 36 per 1,000 women of reproductive age.
- Of all unintended pregnancies in New Hampshire in 2006, 53% resulted in live births and 33% resulted in induced abortions.
- In 2006, 46% of births in New Hampshire resulting from unintended pregnancies were publicly funded, compared with 26% of all births and 15% of births resulting from intended pregnancies.
- Of the 3,700 publicly funded births in New Hampshire in 2006, 2,300 resulted from unintended pregnancies.
- Births resulting from unintended pregnancies in New Hampshire accounted for $27 million in public costs in 2006, including $14 million in federal costs and $14 million in state costs.
- In 2008, 3,200 women obtained abortions in New Hampshire, producing a rate of 12.3 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. Some of these women were from other states, and some New Hampshire residents had abortions in other states, so this rate may not reflect the abortion rate of state residents. The rate increased 5% since 2005, when it was 11.7 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44. New Hampshire represents 0.3% of all abortions in the United States.
- In 2005, 2,990 New Hampshire residents obtained abortions, producing a rate of 11.3 per 1,000 women of reproductive age.
- In 2008, there were 1,570 pregnancies to New Hampshire teens aged 15-19; 57% of these pregnancies resulted in live births and 28% in induced abortions.
- In 2008, 440 teens obtained abortions in New Hampshire, producing a rate of 9[2] abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-19.
- In 2008, there were 11 abortion providers in New Hampshire. This represents a 15% decrease from 2005, when there were 13 abortion providers.
- In 2008, 50% of New Hampshire counties had no abortion provider; 19% of New Hampshire women lived in these counties.
For more information, see State Facts About Abortion
PUBLICLY FUNDED CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES
- In 2006 in New Hampshire, 35 publicly funded family planning centers provided contraceptive care to 33,500 women�including 13,400 teenagers.
- Family planning clinics in New Hampshire served 49% of all women in need of publicly supported contraceptive services and supplies in 2008.
- In New Hampshire, $236 in public funds was spent on contraceptive services and supplies per woman in need in 2008.
- In New Hampshire, 28 family planning centers that received some support through the federal Title-X family planning program provided contraceptive care to 27,600 women�including 10,800 teenagers in 2006.
- Title-X-supported centers in New Hampshire served 40% of all women in need of publicly supported contraceptive services and supplies in 2008.
For more information, see Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2006
IMPACT OF PUBLICLY FUNDED CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES
- Publicly funded family planning services help women to avoid pregnancies they do not want and to plan pregnancies they do. In 2008, these services helped women in New Hampshire avoid 6,600 unintended pregnancies, which would likely have resulted in about 2,900 unintended births and 2,800 abortions.
- Contraceptive services provided at Title X-supported centers in New Hampshire helped prevent 5,400 unintended pregnancies, which would likely have resulted in about 2,400 unintended births and 2,300 abortions.
- The services provided at publicly funded family planning centers in New Hampshire saved the federal and state governments $21,334,000 in 2008.
For more information, see Next Steps for America's Family Planning Program
STATE POLICIES
Policy Summary Table, as of April 1st, 2013
| ABORTION | |
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| Abortion Policy in the Absence of Roe v. Wade | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Abortion Counseling and Waiting Periods | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Parental Involvement in Minors' Abortions | |
| Parent must be notified before an abortion | One parent |
| Restrictions on Private Insurance Coverage of Abortion | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Public Funding of Abortion for Poor Women | |
| Public funding is available in cases of life endangerment, rape or incest | Only life, rape or incest. |
| Refusal Clauses for Abortion Services | |
| No policy in effect | |
| ADOLESCENTS | |
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| Minors' Consent to Contraceptive Services | |
| Mature minors explicitly permitted to consent |
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| Minors' Consent to STI Services | |
| All or some minors explicitly permitted to consent | Minors 14 years of age and older |
| Parental Involvement in Minors' Abortions | |
| Parent must be notified before an abortion | One parent |
| Sex Education | |
| State mandates STI/HIV education |
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| STI/HIV education must either stress or cover abstinence | Cover |
| CONTRACEPTION SERVICES AND FINANCING | |
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| Emergency Contraception in Emergency Rooms | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Private Insurance Coverage of Contraceptive Services | |
| Insurance coverage mandated |
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| Medicaid Family Planning Expansions | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Contraceptive Access in Pharmacies | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Refusal Clauses for Contraceptive Services | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Minors' Consent to Contraceptive Services | |
| Mature minors explicitly permitted to consent |
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For more information, see State Policies in Brief