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Media kits
Contraceptive Use in the United States October 2011
Fact sheets
State Facts on Unintended Pregnancy December 2012
Costs and Benefits of Investing in Contraceptive Services in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF version] October 2012
Contraceptive Use in the United States [PDF version] July 2012
Costs and Benefits of Investing in Contraceptive Services in the Developing World [PDF version] June 2012
Facts on Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services in the United States [PDF version] May 2012
Are you IN THE KNOW January 2012
Facts on Unintended Pregnancy in the United States [PDF version] January 2012
State Facts About Title X and Family Planning February 2011
Facts on Barriers to Contraceptive Use in the Philippines [PDF] May 2010
"State Policies in Brief"
Emergency Contraception [PDF] May 2013
Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives [PDF] May 2013
Minors' Access to Contraceptive Services [PDF] May 2013
Refusing to Provide Health Services [PDF] May 2013
Sex and STD/HIV Education [PDF] May 2013
State Family Planning Funding Restrictions [PDF] May 2013
State Medicaid Family Planning Eligibility Expansions [PDF] May 2013
Highlighted policy articles
In Search of Breakthroughs: Renewing Support for Contraceptive Research and Development [PDF version] March 2013
Sneha Barot
Guttmacher Policy Review
What Women Already Know: Documenting the Social and Economic Benefits of Family Planning [PDF version] March 2013
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review
Access to Safe Abortion in the Developing World: Saving Lives While Advancing Rights [PDF version] October 2012
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Affordable Care Act Survives Supreme Court Test, But Medicaid Expansion Placed in Peril [PDF version] August 2012
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review
Becoming Adept at Working with Health Plans A Necessity for Family Planning Centers [PDF version] August 2012
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review
London Summit Puts Family Planning Back on the Agenda, Offers New Lease on Life for Millions of Women and Girls [PDF version] August 2012
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Family Planning Centers Confront Roadblocks On the Information Superhighway [PDF version] March 2012
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review
Linkages Between HIV and Family Planning Services Under PEPFAR: Room for Improvement [PDF version] November 2011
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
The World at Seven Billion: Global Milestone A Reflection of Individual Needs [PDF version] August 2011
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Wise Investment: Reducing the Steep Cost to Medicaid of Unintended Pregnancy in the United States [PDF version] August 2011
Rachel Benson Gold
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
The Role of Family Planning Centers as Gateways To Health Coverage and Care [PDF version] June 2011
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review
As Global Commitment to Reproductive Health Intensifies, U.S. Leadership More Important Than Ever [PDF version] March 2011
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
The Case for Insurance Coverage of Contraceptive Services And Supplies Without Cost-Sharing [PDF version] March 2011
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review
The National Health Service Corps: An Answer to Family Planning Centers’ Workforce Woes? [PDF version] March 2011
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review
Holding on to Health Reform and What We've Gained for Reproductive Health [PDF] February 2011
Adam Sonfield and Rachel Gold
Contraception
Family Planning and Safe Motherhood: Dollars and Sense [PDF version] June 2010
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Past Due: Emergency Contraception In U.S. Reproductive Health Programs Overseas [PDF version] June 2010
Sneha Barot
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
Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health Advances Maternal Health [PDF version] June 2009
Susan A. Cohen
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
Young People Need Help in Preventing Pregnancy and HIV; How Will the World Respond [PDF version] August 2007
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
The Global Contraceptive Shortfall: U.S. Contributions and U.S. Hindrances [PDF version] June 2006
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
The Broad Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF version] March 2004
Susan A. Cohen
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
"In Brief"
Avantages liés à la satisfaction des besoins en matière de contraception moderne au Burkina Faso [PDF] December 2011
Benefits of Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Ethiopian Women [PDF] July 2010
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
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
Highlighted research articles
Long-acting Reversible Contraception for Adolescents and Young Adults: Patient and Provider Perspectives [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Lori Frohwirth, Jenna Jerman, Ronna Popkin and and Kathleen Ethier
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, December 2012
Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Teens and Young Adults: Youth-Friendly and Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Services in U.S. Family Planning Facilities [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Jenna Jerman, Kathleen Ethier and Susan
Moskosky
Journal of Adolescent Health, December 2012
Specialized Family Planning Clinics in the United States: Why Women Choose Them and Their Role in Meeting Women’s Health Care Needs [PDF]
Jennifer J. Frost, Rachel Benson Gold, Amelia Bucek
Women's Health Issues, Volume 22, Issue 6, November 2012
Reasons for using contraception: Perspectives of US women
seeking care at specialized family planning clinics [PDF]
Jennifer J. Frost and Laura Duberstein Lindberg
Contraception, September 2012
The Supreme Court rules, and it's both good and bad news for reproductive health [PDF]
Adam Sonfield and Rachel Benson Gold
Contraception, September 2012
Young Adults' Contraceptive Knowledge, Norms and Attitudes: Associations with Risk Of Unintended Pregnancy [PDF version]
Jennifer J. Frost, Laura Duberstein Lindberg, Lawrence B. Finer
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 44, Issue 2, June 2012
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
Emergency contraception use and counseling after changes in United States prescription status [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Sanithia L. Williams and E. Bimla Schwarz
Fertility and Sterility, April 2011
Renewed Interest in Intrauterine Contraception in the United States: Evidence and Explanation [PDF]
David Hubacher, Lawrence B. Finer, Eve Espey
Contraception, February 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
How commonly do U.S. abortion clinics offer contraceptive services? [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Rachel K. Jones, Lawrence B. Finer
Contraception, May 2010
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
Reports
Demystifying Data: A Guide to Using Evidence to Improve Young People’s Sexual Health and Rights [PDF] May 2013
Ragnar Anderson, Christine Panchaud, Susheela Singh and Katherine Watson
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
Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of Contraceptive Services [PDF] June 2012
Susheela Singh and Jacqueline E. Darroch
Une vue d’ensemble: coûts et avantages des services de contraception—Évaluations pour 2012 [PDF]
Working Successfully with Health Plans: An Imperative for Family Planning Centers [PDF] June 2012
Rachel Benson Gold and Adam Sonfield
Public Funding for Family Planning, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980–2010 [PDF] March 2012
Adam Sonfield and Rachel Benson Gold
Beyond Birth Control: The Overlooked Benefits Of Oral Contraceptive Pills [PDF] November 2011
Rachel K. Jones
Contraceptive Technologies: Responding to Women’s Needs [PDF] May 2011
Jacqueline E. Darroch, Gilda Sedgh and Haley Ball
Countering Conventional Wisdom: New Evidence on Religion and Contraceptive Use [PDF] April 2011
Rachel K. Jones and Joerg Dreweke
Estimating the Impact of Expanding Medicaid Eligibility For Family Planning Services: 2011 Update [PDF] January 2011
Adam Sonfield, Jennifer J. Frost and Rachel Benson Gold
Contraceptive Needs and Services: National and State Data, 2008 Update [PDF] May 2010
Jennifer J. Frost, Stanley K. Henshaw and Adam Sonfield
A Real-Time Look At the Impact of the Recession on Publicly Funded Family Planning Centers [PDF] December 2009
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
Contraceptive Needs and Services, Detailed County Tables 2006 February 2009
Slide shows
Adding it Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Maternal Health December 2011
Benefits of Meeting Women's Contraceptive Needs in Burkina Faso December 2011
Improving Contraceptive Use in the United States January 2009
New Evidence to Address the Unmet Need for Contraception July 2007
Memos and statements
Hormonal Contraceptives and HIV Risk—Emerging Evidence in Context [PDF] July 2012
Estimating Unintended Pregnancies Averted by Couple-Years of Protection [PDF] September 2011
Jacqueline E. Darroch and Susheela Singh
Testimony of Guttmacher Institute submitted to the Committee on Preventive Services for Women [PDF] January 2011
Testimony of Sharon L. Camp, Ph.D. Before the Committee on Preventive Services for Women [PDF] January 2011
Sharon L. Camp, Ph.D.
Antiabortion Activists In Their Own Words: Contraception is Abortion [PDF] July 2008
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.
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
Adding It Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing In Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health
Executive Summary [PDF]
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
Public Funding for Contraceptive, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980-2001 July 2005
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
CMS study of Medicaid family planning waiver programs [PDF] January 2004
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
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 Supply for Family Planning in the Managed Care Era [PDF] January 2001
Rachel Benson Gold and 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: Summary, Methodology and Background June 1998
Jacqueline E. Darroch
Hopes and Realities: Closing the Gap Between Women's Aspirations and their Reproductive Experiences [PDF] January 1994
Video
Beneficios del uso anticonceptivos del uso de anticonceptivos August 2012
Benefits of Contraceptive Use in the United States July 2012
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