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Fact sheets
Facts on American Teens' Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF version] February 2013
Facts on American Teens' Sources of Information About Sex [PDF version] February 2012
Facts on Young Men's Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF version] June 2008
"State Policies in Brief"
An Overview of Minors' Consent Laws [PDF] May 2013
Minors' Access to Contraceptive Services [PDF] May 2013
Minors' Access to Prenatal Care [PDF] May 2013
Minors' Access to STD Services [PDF] May 2013
Minors' Rights as Parents [PDF] May 2013
Parental Involvement in Minors' Abortions [PDF] May 2013
Sex and STD/HIV Education [PDF] May 2013
Highlighted policy articles
Back to Center Stage: ACA Decision Gives New Significance to Medicaid Family Planning Expansions [PDF version] October 2012
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review
Preventing Cervical Cancer: New Resources To Advance the Domestic and Global Fight [PDF version] March 2012
Sneha Barot
Guttmacher Policy Review
Teen Pregnancy Among Young Women In Foster Care: A Primer [PDF version] June 2011
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Winning Campaign: California's Concerted Effort To Reduce Its Teen Pregnancy Rate [PDF version] June 2010
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
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
Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Family Planning Clinics in Providing the HPV Vaccine [PDF version] August 2007
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review
Sex Education: Politicians, Parents, Teachers and Teens [PDF version] February 2001
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Highlighted research articles
Consequences of Sex Education on Teen and Young Adult Sexual Behaviors and Outcomes [PDF]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg and Isaac Maddow-Zimet
Journal of Adolescent Health, March 2012
Teens Reflect on Their Sources of Contraceptive Information [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Ann E. Biddlecom, Luciana Hebert and Ruth Milne
Journal of Adolescent Research, March 2011
The More Things Change...: The Relative Importance of the Internet as a Source of Contraceptive Information for Teens [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones and Ann E. Biddlecom
Sexuality Research and Social Policy, February 2011
Unintended pregnancy among U.S. adolescents: accounting for sexual activity [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer, Ph.D.
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 46, Issue 4, April 2010
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 43, Issue 3, September 2008
Reports
The Social and Economic Benefits of Women’s Ability To Determine Whether and When to Have Children [PDF] March 2013
Adam Sonfield, Kinsey Hasstedt, Megan L. Kavanaugh and Ragnar Anderson
U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008: State Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity [PDF] February 2013
Kathryn Kost and Stanley Henshaw
U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008:
National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity [PDF] February 2012
Kathryn Kost and Stanley Henshaw
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
Memos and statements
Teen Pregnancy Rate Declines: A Response to Adolescent & Family Health [PDF] April 2003
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
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
Sex and America's Teenagers [PDF] January 1994
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