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Media kits
Contraceptive Use in the United States [PDF version] October 2011
Fact sheets
Are you IN THE KNOW January 2012
Facts on Unintended Pregnancy in the United States [PDF version] January 2012
Facts on Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services in the United States [PDF version] August 2011
State Facts About Title X and Family Planning February 2011
Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health [PDF] November 2010
Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health in Arab Countries [PDF] November 2010
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Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF] November 2010
Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health in South Central and Southeast Asia [PDF] November 2010
Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF] November 2010
Facts on Satisfying the Need for Contraception In Developing Countries [PDF] June 2010
Datos sobre la satisfacción de la necesidad anticonceptiva en los países en desarrollo [PDF]
Les faits sur la satisfaction du besoin de contraception dans les pays en développement [PDF]
Facts on Contraceptive Use in the United States [PDF version] June 2010
Facts on Barriers to Contraceptive Use in the Philippines [PDF] May 2010
Facts About the Unmet Need For Contraception in Developing Countries [PDF] July 2007
"State Policies in Brief"
Emergency Contraception [PDF] February 2012
Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives [PDF] February 2012
Minors' Access to Contraceptive Services [PDF] February 2012
Refusing to Provide Health Services [PDF] February 2012
Sex and STD/HIV Education [PDF] February 2012
State Family Planning Funding Restrictions [PDF] February 2012
State Medicaid Family Planning Eligibility Expansions [PDF] February 2012
Highlighted policy articles
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 Benson Gold
Contraception
Contraception: An Integral Component of Preventive Care for Women [PDF version] June 2010
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review
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
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
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"
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
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
Characteristics of Women in the United States Who Use Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Methods [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Jenna Jerman, David Hubacher, Kathryn Kost and Lawrence B. Finer
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volume 117, Issue 6, June 2011
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
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 version]
Jennifer J. Frost and Jacqueline E. Darroch
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 40, Issue 2, June 2008
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
Reports
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
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]
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, 2006 [PDF] February 2009
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
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
Medicaid Support for Family Planning in the Managed Care Era [PDF] January 2001
Rachel Benson Gold, Cory L. Richards
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
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] October 2011
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
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
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.
Public Funding for Contraceptive, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980-2001 July 2005
Adding It Up: The Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care [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
Fulfilling the Promise: Public Policy and U.S. Family Planning Clinics [PDF] January 2000
Hopes and Realities: Closing the Gap Between Women's Aspirations and their Reproductive Experiences [PDF] January 1994
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