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Fact sheets
Facts on American Teens' Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF version] January 2010
Facts on Young Men's Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF version] June 2008
Facts on Sex Education in the United States [PDF version] January 2007
Sexuality Education and Abstinence Education Policies in U.S. Public School Districts December 1999
"State Policies in Brief"
An Overview of Minors' Consent Laws [PDF] January 2010
Minors' Access to Contraceptive Services [PDF] January 2010
Minors' Access to Prenatal Care [PDF] January 2010
Minors' Access to STD Services [PDF] January 2010
Minors' Rights as Parents [PDF] January 2010
Parental Involvement in Minors' Abortions [PDF] January 2010
Sex and STD/HIV Education [PDF] January 2010
Highlighted policy articles
Worldwide, Young People Speak Up for Their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, but U.S. Policy Lags [PDF version] December 2009
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Renewing a Focus on Prevention in U.S. Global AIDS Policy [PDF version] November 2007
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Family Planning Clinics in Providing the HPV Vaccine [PDF version] August 2007
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review
The Case for a New Approach to Sex Education Mounts; Will Policymakers Heed the Message? [PDF version] May 2007
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Achieving Universal Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer in the United States: The Need and the Means [PDF version] October 2006
Cynthia Dailard
Guttmacher Policy Review
Legislating Against Arousal: The Growing Divide Between Federal Policy and Teenage Sexual Behavior [PDF version] August 2006
Cynthia Dailard
Guttmacher Policy Review
The Public Health Promise and Potential Pitfalls of the World's First Cervical Cancer Vaccine [PDF version] March 2006
Cynthia Dailard
Guttmacher Policy Review
Teenagers' Access to Confidential Reproductive Health Services [PDF version] November 2005
Cynthia Dailard and Chinué Turner Richardson
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
U.S. Global AIDS Policy and Sexually Active Youth: A High Risk Strategy [PDF version] August 2005
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Comprehensive Approach Needed To Combat Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Youth [PDF version] March 2004
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Beyond Slogans: Lessons from Uganda's ABC Experience [PDF version] December 2003
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Understanding 'Abstinence': Implications for Individuals, Programs and Policies [PDF version] December 2003
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Teen Pregnancy: Trends And Lessons Learned [PDF version] February 2002
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
State-Level Policies on Sexuality, STD Education [PDF version] August 2001
Rachel Benson Gold and Elizabeth Nash
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Expanding Eligibility And Improving Outreach Under CHIP [PDF version] June 2001
Rachel Benson Gold and Adam Sonfield
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Sex Education: Politicians, Parents, Teachers and Teens [PDF version] February 2001
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
School-Based Health Centers and the Birth Control Debate [PDF version] October 2000
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Adolescent Care Standards Provide Guidance for State CHIP Programs [PDF version] June 2000
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Highlighted research articles
Changing Behavioral Risk for Pregnancy among High School Students in the United States, 1991-2007 [PDF]
John S. Santelli, MD, MPH, Mark Orr, PhD, Laura D. Lindberg PhD, and Daniela C. Diaz
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 44, Issue 7, July 2009
Non-coital sexual activities among adolescents [PDF]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg, Rachel Jones and John S. Santelli
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 42, Issue 7, May 2008
Changes in Formal Sex Education: 1995-2002 [PDF version]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg, John S. Santelli and Susheela Singh
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 4, December 2006
Do U.S. Family Planning Clinics Encourage Parent-Child Communication? Findings from an Exploratory Survey [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 3, September 2006
Contraceptive Use and Pregnancy Risk Among U.S. High School Students, 1991-2003 [PDF version]
John S. Santelli, Brian Morrow, John E. Anderson and Laura Duberstein Lindberg
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 2, June 2006
Greater Expectations: Adolescents' Positive Motivations for Sex [PDF version]
Mary A. Ott, Susan G. Millstein, Susan Ofner and Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 2, June 2006
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among American Youth: Incidence and Prevalence Estimates, 2000 [PDF version]
Hillard Weinstock, Stuart Berman and Willard Cates, Jr.
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 1, January/February 2004
The Estimated Direct Medical Cost of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among American Youth, 2000 [PDF version]
Harrell W. Chesson, John M. Blandford, Thomas L. Gift, Guoyu Tao and Kathleen L. Irwin
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 1, January/February 2004
Sexuality Education in Fifth and Sixth Grades in U.S. Public Schools, 1999 [PDF version]
David J. Landry, Susheela Singh and Jacqueline E. Darroch
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 5, September/October 2000
Changing Emphases in Sexuality Education In U.S. Public Secondary Schools, 1988-1999 [PDF version]
Jacqueline E. Darroch, David J. Landry and Susheela Singh
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 5, September/October 2000
Reports
U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity [PDF] January 2010
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
Why Is Teenage Pregnancy Declining? The Roles of Abstinence, Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use [PDF] December 1999
Jacqueline E. Darroch and Susheela Singh
Teenagers' Pregnancy Intentions and Decisions: A Study of Young Women in California Choosing to Give Birth [PDF version] January 1999
Jennifer J. Frost and Selene Oslak
Statistics
U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity [PDF] January 2010
Slide shows
Sex Education: Needs, Programs and Policies December 2006
Memos and statements
Teen Pregnancy Rate Declines: A Response to Adolescent & Family Health [PDF] April 2003
Audio clips
Guttmacher Exchange - In Their Own Right: Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young Men June 2008
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