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Fact sheets

Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health in Arab Countries [PDF] December 2009

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Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF] December 2009

Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health in South Central and Southeast Asia [PDF] December 2009

Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF] December 2009

Facts on Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services in the United States  [PDF version] February 2009

Facts on Contraceptive Use  [PDF version] January 2008

Facts About the Unmet Need For Contraception in Developing Countries [PDF] July 2007

Contraception Counts: Ranking State Efforts February 2006

Adding It Up: Examples of the Medical Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] August 2004

Adding It Up: Examples of the Non-Medical Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] August 2004

"State Policies in Brief"

Emergency Contraception [PDF] January 2010

Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives [PDF] January 2010

Minors' Access to Contraceptive Services [PDF] January 2010

Refusing to Provide Health Services [PDF] January 2010

Sex and STD/HIV Education [PDF] January 2010

State Family Planning Funding Restrictions [PDF] January 2010

State Medicaid Family Planning Eligibility Expansions [PDF] January 2010

Highlighted policy articles

Unintended Consequences: How Insurance Processes Inadvertently Abrogate Patient Confidentiality  [PDF version] December 2009
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

Home Visiting for At Risk Families: A Primer On a Major Obama Administration Initiative  [PDF version] August 2009
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health Advances Maternal Health  [PDF version] June 2009
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

Family Planning and Health Care Reform: The Benefits and Challenges of Prioritizing Prevention  [PDF version] March 2009
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

Reclaiming the Lead: Restoring U.S. Leadership in Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy March 2009
Sneha Barot
Guttmacher Policy Review

Despite Consensus and Mounting Evidence, Challenges to Improved HIV-Reproductive Health Linkages Remain  [PDF version] October 2008
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

Making the Case for a 'Contraceptive Convenience' Agenda  [PDF version] October 2008
Sneha Barot
Guttmacher Policy Review

Back to Basics: The Rationale for Increased Funds for International Family Planning  [PDF version] August 2008
Sneha Barot
Guttmacher Policy Review

Equipping Title X for the Future  [PDF version] August 2008
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

The Impact of Government Programs on Reproductive Health Disparities: Three Case Studies  [PDF version] August 2008
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Role of Contraception in Preventing HIV  [PDF version] February 2008
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

Popularity Disparity: Attitudes About the IUD in Europe and the United States  [PDF version] November 2007
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review

Young People Need Help in Preventing Pregnancy and HIV; How Will the World Respond  [PDF version] August 2007
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

Summer Price Spike: A Case Study About Publicly Funded Clinics and the Cost of Contraceptive Supplies  [PDF version] October 2006
Adam Sonfield
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

The Global Contraceptive Shortfall: U.S. Contributions and U.S. Hindrances  [PDF version] June 2006
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

Working to Eliminate the World's Unmet Need for Contraception  [PDF version] March 2006
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review

Contraception Counts: Ranking States Efforts [PDF] February 2006
Cynthia Dailard
In Brief

The Role of Reproductive Health Providers in Preventing HIV  [PDF version] November 2004
Heather Boonstra
Issues in Brief

The Broad Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health  [PDF version] March 2004
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

Preventing Unintended Pregnancy: The Need And the Means  [PDF version] December 2003
Adam Sonfield
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

Medicaid Family Planning Expansions Hit Stride  [PDF version] October 2003
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

Family Planning and The Campaigns Against Smoking and Obesity  [PDF version] August 2003
Adam Sonfield
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

Immigrants and Medicaid After Welfare Reform  [PDF version] May 2003
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

New Medical Records Privacy Rule: The Interface with Teen Access to Confidential Care  [PDF version] March 2003
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

Emergency Contraception: Steps Being Taken to Improve Access  [PDF version] December 2002
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

Nowhere But Up: Rising Costs for Title X Clinics  [PDF version] December 2002
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

Emergency Contraception: The Need to Increase Public Awareness  [PDF version] October 2002
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

New Medicaid Initiative, State Budget Woes Collide  [PDF version] October 2002
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

Women and Societies Benefit When Childbearing Is Planned  [PDF version] August 2002
Patricia Donovan and Deirdre Wulf
Issues in Brief

Family Planning Can Reduce High Infant Mortality Levels  [PDF version] April 2002
Patricia Donovan and Deirdre Wulf
Issues in Brief

Federal Law Urged As Culmination of Contraceptive Insurance Coverage Campaign  [PDF version] October 2001
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

Challenges Facing Family Planning Clinics And Title X  [PDF version] April 2001
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

Title X: Three Decades of Accomplishment  [PDF version] February 2001
Rachel Benson Gold
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

The Need for and Cost of Mandating Private Insurance Coverage of Contraception  [PDF version] August 1998
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

"In Brief"

Benefits of Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Ugandan Women [PDF] November 2009

Meeting Women's Contraceptive Needs in the Philippines [PDF] April 2009

Improving Contraceptive Use in the United States [PDF] May 2008

Proteger la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud guatemalteca [PDF] November 2007

Proteger la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud hondureña [PDF] November 2007

Proteger la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud nicaragüense [PDF] November 2007

Maternidad temprana en Guatemala: un desafío constante [PDF] November 2006

Maternidad temprana en Honduras: un desafío constante [PDF] October 2006

Maternidad temprana en Nicaragua: un desafío constante [PDF] September 2006

Interpreting Research Studies [PDF] July 2006

Contraception Counts: Ranking States Efforts [PDF] February 2006
Cynthia Dailard

Reducing Unintended Pregnancy in Nigeria [PDF] September 2005

Reducing Unintended Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion in Uganda [PDF] March 2005

Adolescents in Burkina Faso: Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] December 2004

Early Childbearing in Nigeria: A Continuing Challenge [PDF] December 2004

The Role of Reproductive Health Providers in Preventing HIV  [PDF version] November 2004
Heather Boonstra

Adolescents in Ghana: Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] June 2004

Improving Reproductive Health in the Philippines [PDF] May 2003

Women and Societies Benefit When Childbearing Is Planned  [PDF version] August 2002
Patricia Donovan and Deirdre Wulf

Family Planning Can Reduce High Infant Mortality Levels  [PDF version] April 2002
Patricia Donovan and Deirdre Wulf

U.S. Policy Can Reduce Cost Barriers to Contraception July 1999
Cynthia Dailard

Highlighted research articles

Better Than Nothing or Savvy Risk-Reduction Practice? The Importance of Withdrawal [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Julie Fennell, Jenny A. Higgins and Kelly Blanchard
Contraception, Volume 79, Issue 6, June 2009

Discontinuation and Resumption of Contraceptive Use: Results from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth [PDF]
Barbara Vaughan, James Trussell, Kathryn Kost, Susheela Singh and Rachel Jones
Contraception, Volume 78, Issue 4, October 2008

Trends in U.S. Women's Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services, 1995-2002
Jennifer J. Frost
American Journal of Public Health, Volume 98, Issue 9, September 2008

The Impact of Publicly Funded Family Planning Clinic Services on Unintended Pregnancies and Government Cost Savings [PDF]
Jennifer J. Frost, Lawrence B. Finer and Athena Tapales
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Volume 19, Issue 3, July 2008

Public and Private Providers' Involvement in Improving Their Patients' Contraceptive Use [PDF]
David Landry, Junhow Wei and Jennifer J. Frost
Contraception, Volume 78, Issue 1, July 2008

Factors Associated with Contraceptive Choice and Inconsistent Method Use, United States, 2004 [PDF]
Jennifer J. Frost and Jacqueline E. Darroch
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 40, Issue 2, June 2008

Jamaican and Barbadian Health Care Providers' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Emergency Contraceptive Pills   [PDF version]
Eileen A. Yam, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Garth McIntyre, Horace Fletcher, Sandra G. Garcia, Davida Becker and Enrique Ezcurra
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33, Issue 4, December 2007

U.S. Women's One-Year Contraceptive Use Patterns, 2004  [PDF version]
Jennifer J. Frost, Susheela Singh and Lawrence B. Finer
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 39, Issue 1, March 2007

Provision of Contraceptive and Related Services By Publicly Funded Family Planning Clinics, 2003  [PDF version]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg, Jennifer J. Frost, Caroline Sten and Cynthia Dailard
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

The Provision and Funding of Contraceptive Services at Publicly Funded Family Planning Agencies: 1995-2003  [PDF version]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg, Jennifer J. Frost, Caroline Sten and Cynthia Dailard
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 1, March 2006

Pharmacists' Knowledge and Perceptions of Emergency Contraceptive Pills in Soweto and the Johannesburg Central Business District, South Africa  [PDF version]
Kelly Blanchard, Teresa Harrison and Mosala Sello
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 31, Issue 4, December 2005

Emergency Contraceptive Pills: Dispensing Practices, Knowledge and Attitudes of South Dakota Pharmacists  [PDF version]
Kristi K. Van Riper and Wendy L. Hellerstedt
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2005

Confidential Reproductive Health Services for Minors: The Potential Impact of Mandated Parental Involvement for Contraception  [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones and Heather Boonstra
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 5, September/October 2004

The Availability and Use of Publicly Funded Family Planning Clinics: U.S. Trends, 1994-2001  [PDF version]
Jennifer J. Frost, Lori Frohwirth and Alison Purcell
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 5, September/October 2004

U.S. Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives and the Impact Of Contraceptive Coverage Mandates, 2002  [PDF version]
Adam Sonfield, Rachel Benson Gold, Jennifer J. Frost
and Jacqueline E. Darroch
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 2, March/April 2004

Services for Men at Publicly Funded Family Planning Agencies, 1998-1999  [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Jennifer J. Frost
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 35, Issue 5, September/October 2003

U.S. Agencies Providing Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services in 1999  [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Jennifer J. Frost
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 34, Issue 1, January/February 2002

Current Contraceptive Research  [PDF version]
Jill L. Schwartz and Henry L. Gabelnick
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 34, Issue 6, November/December 2002

Public or Private Providers? U.S. Women's Use Of Reproductive Health Services  [PDF version]
Jennifer J. Frost
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33, Issue 1, January/February 2001

Differences in Teenage Pregnancy Rates Among Five Developed Countries: The Roles of Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use  [PDF version]
Jacqueline E. Darroch, Susheela Singh, Jennifer J. Frost and the Study Team
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33, Issue 6, November/December 2001

Family Planning Clinic Services in the United States: Patterns and Trends in the Late 1990s  [PDF version]
Jennifer J. Frost, Nalini Ranjit, Kathleen Manzella, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Suzette Audam
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33, Issue 3, May/June 2001

Reproductive Health Services for Adolescents Under the State Children's Health Insurance Program  [PDF version]
Rachel Benson Gold and Adam Sonfield
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33, Issue 2, March/April 2001

Forum: The Pill at 40—A New Look at a Familiar Method [PDF]
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 2, March/April 2000

Determinants of Trends in Condom Use In the United States, 1988-1995  [PDF version]
Akinrinola Bankole, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Susheela Singh
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 31, Issue 6, November/December 1999

Trends in Contraceptive Use In the United States: 1982-1995  [PDF version]
Linda J. Piccinino and William D. Mosher
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 30, Issue 1, January/February 1998

Reports

Adding It Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health [PDF] December 2009
Susheela Singh, Jacqueline E. Darroch, Lori S. Ashford and Michael Vlassoff

A Real-Time Look at the Impact of the Recession on Women's Family Planning and Pregnancy Decisions [PDF] September 2009

Next Steps for America's Family Planning Program: Leveraging the Potential of Medicaid and Title X in an Evolving Health Care System [PDF] February 2009
Rachel Benson Gold, Adam Sonfield, Cory L. Richards and Jennifer J. Frost

State Government Innovation in the Design and Implementation of Medicaid Family Planning Expansions [PDF] March 2008
Adam Sonfield, Casey Alrich and Rachel Benson Gold

Public Funding for Family Planning, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980-2006 [PDF] January 2008
Adam Sonfield, Casey Alrich and Rachel Benson Gold

Women with an Unmet Need for Contraception in Developing Countries and Their Reasons for Not Using a Method [PDF] July 2007
Gilda Sedgh, Rubina Hussain, Akinrinola Bankole and Susheela Singh

Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Uganda: Causes and Consequences [PDF] November 2006
Susheela Singh, Ann M. Moore, Akinrinola Bankole, Florence Mirembe, Deirdre Wulf and Elena Prada

Estimating the Impact of Serving New Clients by Expanding Funding for Title X [PDF] November 2006
Jennifer J. Frost, Adam Sonfield, Rachel Benson Gold and Fatima H. Ahmed

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

Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in the Philippines: Causes and Consequences [PDF] August 2006
Susheela Singh, Fatima Juarez, Josefina Cabigon, Haley Ball, Rubina Hussain and Jennifer Nadeau

Unwanted Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Nigeria: Causes and Consequences [PDF] August 2006
Akinrinola Bankole, Boniface A. Oye-Adeniran, Susheela Singh, Isaac F. Adewole, Deirdre Wulf, Gilda Sedgh and Rubina Hussain

Assessing Costs and Benefits of Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions [PDF] December 2004
Michael Vlassoff, Susheela Singh, Jacqueline E. Darroch, Erin Carbone and Stan Bernstein

Santé sexuelle et de la reproduction des jeunes au Burkina Faso: Un etat des lieux [PDF] May 2004
Georges Gueilla

Adding It Up: The Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care [PDF] January 2004

The Unfinished Revolution in Contraception: Convenience, Consumer Access and Choice [PDF] January 2004

A, B and C in Uganda: The Roles of Abstinence, Monogamy and Condom Use in HIV Decline [PDF] December 2003
Susheela Singh, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Akinrola Bankole

In Their Own Right: Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Men Worldwide [PDF] March 2003

In Their Own Right: Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of American Men [PDF] January 2002

Medicaid Support for Family Planning in the Managed Care Era [PDF] January 2001
Rachel Benson Gold, Cory L. Richards

Fulfilling the Promise: Public Policy and U.S. Family Planning Clinics [PDF] January 2000

Why Is Teenage Pregnancy Declining? The Roles of Abstinence, Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use [PDF] December 1999
Jacqueline E. Darroch and Susheela Singh

Cost to Employer Health Plans of Covering Contraceptives June 1998
Jacqueline E. Darroch

Statistics

Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2006 February 2009

Public Funding for Contraceptive, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980-2006 January 2008

Family Planning Annual Report: 2004 Summary [PDF] July 2005
Jennifer J. Frost

Slide shows

Improving Contraceptive Use in the United States January 2009

New Evidence to Address the Unmet Need for Contraception July 2007

Contraception in the United States: Current Use and Continuing Challenges May 2004

Fulfilling the Promise: Public Policy and U.S. Family Planning Clinics January 2001

Memos and statements

Antiabortion Activists In Their Own Words: Contraception is Abortion [PDF] July 2008

Critical Role of Medicaid in Financing Family Planning Services-State-Level Data [PDF] March 2005

Statement by Sharon Camp, Ph.D. on "Adding It Up: The Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care [PDF] February 2004
Sharon Camp, Ph.D.

Statement of Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid on "Adding It Up: The Benefits of Investing" [PDF] February 2004
Thoraya Ahmed Obaid

CMS study of Medicaid family planning waiver programs [PDF] January 2004

Audio clips

Guttmacher Exchange - In Their Own Right: Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young Men June 2008

Guttmacher Exchange: Medical Mistrust and Communities of Color February 2008

Top Resources on Contraception

A Real-Time Look at the Impact of the Recession on Women’s Family Planning and Pregnancy Decisions [PDF] ( September 2009)

Facts on Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services in the United States [PDF version] ( February 2009)

Improving Contraceptive Use in the United States [PDF] ( May 2008)

Contraception Counts: Ranking State Efforts State and congressional district fact sheets on meeting women's needs for contraception (March 2006)

Facts on Contraceptive Use [PDF version] ( January 2008)

The Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF version] Policy analysis on funding for international reproductive health services (June 2004)

 
 

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