Abortion

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Media kits

Abortion in the United States November 2011

Fact sheets

Facts on Unintended Pregnancy in the United States [PDF version] January 2012

Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States [PDF version] August 2011

State Facts About Abortion January 2011

"State Policies in Brief"

'Choose Life' License Plates [PDF] May 2013

Abortion Policy in the Absence of Roe [PDF] May 2013

Abortion Reporting Requirements [PDF] May 2013

An Overview of Abortion Laws [PDF] May 2013

Bans on 'Partial-Birth' Abortion [PDF] May 2013

Mandatory Counseling and Waiting Periods for Abortion [PDF] May 2013

Medication Abortion [PDF] May 2013

Parental Involvement in Minors' Abortions [PDF] May 2013

Policies on Later-Term Abortion [PDF] May 2013

Protecting Access to Clinics [PDF] May 2013

Refusing to Provide Health Services [PDF] May 2013

Requirements for Ultrasound [PDF] May 2013

Restricting Insurance Coverage of Abortions [PDF] May 2013

State Funding of Abortion Under Medicaid [PDF] May 2013

Highlighted policy articles

Medication Abortion Restrictions Burden Women and Providers—and Threaten U.S. Trend Toward Very Early Abortion [PDF version] March 2013
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

Back to Center Stage: ACA Decision Gives New Significance to Medicaid Family Planning Expansions [PDF version] October 2012
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

Troubling Trend: More States Hostile to Abortion Rights as Middle Ground Shrinks [PDF version] March 2012
Rachel Benson Gold and Elizabeth Nash
Guttmacher Policy Review

The Numbers Tell the Story: The Reach and Impact of Title X [PDF version] June 2011
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

Insurance Coverage and Abortion Incidence: Information and Misinformation [PDF version] October 2010
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

Insurance Coverage of Abortion: The Battle to Date and the Battle to Come [PDF version] October 2010
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

Off Base: The U.S. Military's Ban on Privately Funded Abortions [PDF version] August 2010
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

Delineating the Obligations That Come with Conscientious Refusal: A Question of Balance [PDF version] August 2009
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review

All That's Old Is New Again: The Long Campaign To Persuade Women to Forego Abortion [PDF version] June 2009
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

Abortion and Women of Color: The Bigger Picture [PDF version] August 2008
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

State Abortion Counseling Policies and the Fundamental Principles of Informed Consent [PDF version] November 2007
Rachel Benson Gold and Elizabeth Nash
Guttmacher Policy Review

Highlighted research articles

At what cost?: Payment for abortion care by U.S. women [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Ushma D. Upadhyay and Tracy A. Weitz
Women's Health Issues, Volume 23, Issue 3, May 2013

Coleman, Coyle, Shuping, and Rue make false statements and draw erroneous conclusions in analyses of abortion and mental health using the National Comorbidity Survey [PDF]
Julia R. Steinberg and Lawrence B. Finer
Journal of Psychiatric Research, Volume 46, Issue 3, March 2012

Who has second-trimester abortions in the United States? [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones* and Lawrence B. Finer
Contraception, December 2011

Unintended Pregnancy in the United States: Incidence and Disparities, 2006 [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer and Mia R. Zolna
Contraception, August 2011

Unintended Pregnancy at the State Level [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer and Kathryn Kost
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 43, Issue 2, June 2011

Patients' attitudes and experiences related to receiving contraception during abortion care [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Elizabeth E. Carlin and Rachel K. Jones
Contraception, May 2011

Perceived and Insurance-Related Barriers to the Provision of Contraceptive Services in U.S. Abortion Care Settings [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Rachel K. Jones and Lawrence B. Finer
Women's Health Issues, May 2011

Abortion Incidence and Access to Services in the United States, 2008 [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones and Kathryn Kooistra
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 43, Issue 1, March 2011

Perceptions of Male Knowledge and Support Among U.S. Women Obtaining Abortions [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Ann M. Moore and Lori F. Frohwirth
Women's Health Issues, January 2011

Examining the association of abortion history and current mental health: A reanalysis of the National Comorbidity Survey using a common-risk-factors model [PDF]
Julia R. Steinberg and Lawrence B. Finer
Social Science and Medicine, Volume 72, Issue 1, July 2010

Timing of Steps and Reasons for Delays in Obtaining Abortions in the United States [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer, Lori F. Frohwirth, Lindsay A. Dauphinee, Susheela Singh, and Ann M. Moore
Contraception, Volume 74, Issue 4, October 2006

Reasons U.S. Women Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer, Lori F. Frohwirth, Lindsay A. Dauphinee, Susheela Singh and Ann M. Moore
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 37, Issue 3, September 2005

Reports

U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008: State Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity [PDF] February 2013
Kathryn Kost and Stanley Henshaw

Unintended Pregnancy: Incidence and Outcomes Among Young Adult Unmarried Women in the United States, 2001 and 2008 [PDF] April 2012
Mia Zolna and Laura Lindberg

U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008: National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity [PDF] February 2012
Kathryn Kost and Stanley Henshaw

Characteristics of U.S. Abortion Patients, 2008 [PDF] May 2010
Rachel K. Jones, Lawrence B. Finer and Susheela Singh

The Impact of State Mandatory Counseling and Waiting Period Laws on Abortion: A Literature Review [PDF] May 2009
Theodore J. Joyce, Stanley K. Henshaw, Amanda Dennis, Lawrence B. Finer and Kelly Blanchard

The Impact of Laws Requiring Parental Involvement for Abortion: A Literature Review [PDF] March 2009
Amanda Dennis, Stanley K. Henshaw, Theodore J. Joyce, Lawrence B. Finer and Kelly Blanchard

Trends in the Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions, 1974-2004 [PDF] September 2008
Stanley K. Henshaw and Kathryn Kost

Trends in the Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions, 1974-2004 (with supplemental tables) [PDF] September 2008
Stanley K. Henshaw and Kathryn Kost

Abortion in Women's Lives [PDF] May 2006

Executive Summary [PDF]

Slide shows

An Overview of Abortion in the United States January 2011

State-by-State Trends in Abortion in the United States January 2011

Trends in Abortion in the United States, 1973-2008 January 2011

Memos and statements

Guttmacher Institute Testimony on H.R. 3 [PDF] February 2011

Audio clips

Induced Abortion: Incidence and Trends Worldwide 1995 to 2008: Gilda Sedgh Presentation January 2012

Archived reports

These older Guttmacher reports contain information that is out of date. In many instances, more current information is available elsewhere on the Guttmacher Web site.

U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity [PDF] January 2010

Estimating the Impact of Expanding Medicaid Eligibility for Family Planning Services [PDF] August 2006
Jennifer J. Frost, Adam Sonfield and Rachel Benson Gold

Public Funding for Contraceptive, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980-2001 July 2005