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Media kits
An Overview of Abortion in the United States January 2008
Fact sheets
Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States [PDF version] July 2008
State Facts About Abortion January 2008
"State Policies in Brief"
'Choose Life' License Plates [PDF] January 2010
Abortion Policy in the Absence of Roe [PDF] January 2010
Abortion Reporting Requirements [PDF] January 2010
An Overview of Abortion Laws [PDF] January 2010
Bans on 'Partial-Birth' Abortion [PDF] January 2010
Mandatory Counseling and Waiting Periods for Abortion [PDF] January 2010
Parental Involvement in Minors' Abortions [PDF] January 2010
Policies on Later-Term Abortion [PDF] January 2010
Protecting Access to Clinics [PDF] January 2010
Refusing to Provide Health Services [PDF] January 2010
Requirements for Ultrasound [PDF] January 2010
Restricting Insurance Coverage of Abortions [PDF] January 2010
State Funding of Abortion Under Medicaid [PDF] January 2010
Highlighted policy articles
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
Advocates Call for a New Approach After the Era of 'Abstinence-Only' Sex Education March 2009
Heather D. Boonstra
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
Repeat Abortion, Repeat Unintended Pregnancy, Repeated and Misguided Government Policies [PDF version] May 2007
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
The Heart of the Matter: Public Funding of Abortion for Poor Women in the United States [PDF version] March 2007
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Misinformed Consent: The Medical Accuracy of State-Developed Abortion Counseling Materials [PDF version] October 2006
Chinué Turner Richardson and Elizabeth Nash
Guttmacher Policy Review
Abortion and Mental Health: Myths and Realities [PDF version] August 2006
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Rekindling Efforts to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy: A Matter of 'Equity and Common Sense' [PDF version] August 2006
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review
Roe or No Roe, Right to Abortion Seen Eroding Under Newly Constituted Supreme Court March 2006
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Toward Making Abortion 'Rare': The Shifting Battleground over the Means to an End [PDF version] March 2006
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Promoting Prevention to Reduce the Need for Abortion: Good Policy, Good Politics [PDF version] May 2005
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Lessons from Before Roe: Will Past be Prologue? [PDF version] March 2003
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Mifepristone in the United States: Status and Future [PDF version] August 2002
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
A Message to the President: Abortion Can Be Safe, Legal and Still Rare [PDF version] February 2001
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Minors and the Right to Consent to Health Care [PDF version] August 2000
Heather Boonstra and Elizabeth Nash
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Rights Without Access: Revisiting Public Funding of Abortion for Poor Women [PDF version] April 2000
Heather Boonstra and Adam Sonfield
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Late-Term Abortions: Legal Considerations [PDF version] January 1997
Issues in Brief
The Limitations of U.S. Statistics on Abortion [PDF version] January 1997
Issues in Brief
"In Brief"
Late-Term Abortions: Legal Considerations [PDF version] January 1997
The Limitations of U.S. Statistics on Abortion [PDF version] January 1997
Highlighted research articles
Developments in Laws on Induced Abortion: 1998-2007 [PDF version]
Reed Boland and Laura Katzive
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 2008
Abortion in the United States: Incidence and Access to Services, 2005 [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Mia R. S. Zolna, Stanley K. Henshaw and Lawrence B. Finer
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 40, Issue 1, March 2008
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
Disparities in Rates of Unintended Pregnancy in the United States, 1994 and 2001 [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 2, June 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
Abortion Incidence and Services in the United States [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 35, Issue 1, January/February 2003
The Accessibility of Abortion Services in the United States, 2001 [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 35, Issue 1, January/February 2003
Contraceptive Use Among U.S. Women Having Abortions in 2000-2001 [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 34, Issue 6, November/December 2002
Patterns in the Socioeconomic Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions in 2000-2001 [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 34, Issue 5, September/October 2002
Abortion Training in U.S. Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Programs, 1998 [PDF version]
Rene Almeling, Laureen Tews and Susan Dudley
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 6, November/December 2000
Teenage Abortion and Pregnancy Statistics by State, 1996 [PDF version]
Stanley K. Henshaw and Dina J. Feivelson
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 6, November/December 2000
Unintended Pregnancy in the United States [PDF version]
Stanley K. Henshaw
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 30, Issue 1, January/February 1998
The Impact of Requirements for Parental Consent [PDF]
Stanley K. Henshaw
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 27, Issue 3, May/June 1995
Reports
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
Repeat Abortion in the United States [PDF] November 2006
Rachel K. Jones, Susheela Singh, Lawrence B. Finer and Lori F. Frohwirth
Estimating the Impact of Expanding Medicaid Eligibility for Family Planning Services [PDF] August 2006
Jennifer J. Frost, Adam Sonfield and Rachel Benson Gold
Abortion in Women's Lives [PDF] May 2006
Statistics
Public Funding for Contraceptive, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980-2006 January 2008
Estimates of U.S. Abortion Incidence, 2001-2003 [PDF] August 2006
Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw
Slide shows
State-by-State Trends in Abortion in the United States January 2008
Trends in Abortion in the United States, 1973-2005 January 2008
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