Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
 

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Media kits

Publicly Funded Family Planning Services in the United States March 2012

Fact sheets

Meeting the Need for Maternal and Newborn Care in the Developing World—Estimates for 2012  [PDF version] May 2013

State Facts on Unintended Pregnancy December 2012

Costs and Benefits of Investing in Contraceptive Services in Sub-Saharan Africa  [PDF version] October 2012

Costs and Benefits of Investing in Contraceptive Services in the Developing World  [PDF version] June 2012

State Facts About Medicaid and Family Planning May 2012

Facts on Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services in the United States  [PDF version] May 2012

State Facts About Title X and Family Planning February 2011

"State Policies in Brief"

Emergency Contraception [PDF] May 2013

Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives [PDF] May 2013

Refusing to Provide Health Services [PDF] May 2013

Restricting Insurance Coverage of Abortions [PDF] May 2013

State Family Planning Funding Restrictions [PDF] May 2013

State Funding of Abortion Under Medicaid [PDF] May 2013

State Medicaid Family Planning Eligibility Expansions [PDF] May 2013

Highlighted policy articles

Besieged Family Planning Network Plays Pivotal Role  [PDF version] March 2013
Rachel Benson Gold
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

Back to Center Stage: ACA Decision Gives New Significance to Medicaid Family Planning Expansions  [PDF version] October 2012
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

Beyond Contraception: The Overlooked Reproductive Health Benefits of Health Reform’s Preventive Services Requirement  [PDF version] October 2012
Adam Sonfield
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

Unsafe Abortion: The Missing Link in Global Efforts to Improve Maternal Health  [PDF version] November 2011
Adam Sonfield
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

The Case for Insurance Coverage of Contraceptive Services And Supplies Without Cost-Sharing  [PDF version] March 2011
Adam Sonfield
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

Insurance Coverage and Abortion Incidence: Information and Misinformation  [PDF version] October 2010
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

Insurance Coverage of Abortion: The Battle to Date and the Battle to Come  [PDF version] October 2010
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

'I Am Who I Serve'—Community Health Workers In Family Planning Programs  [PDF version] August 2010
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

The Potential of Health Care Reform to Improve Pregnancy-Related Services and Outcomes  [PDF version] August 2010
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review

Family Planning and Safe Motherhood: Dollars and Sense  [PDF version] June 2010
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

Family Planning Centers and the Adoption of Health Information Technology  [PDF version] December 2009
Adam Sonfield
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

"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

Interpreting Research Studies [PDF] July 2006

Highlighted research articles

At what cost?: Payment for abortion care by U.S. women [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Ushma D. Upadhyay and Tracy A. Weitz
Women's Health Issues, Volume 23, Issue 3, May 2013

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

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

Changes in use of long-acting contraceptive methods in the U.S., 2007–2009 [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer, Jenna Jerman and Megan L. Kavanaugh
Fertility and Sterility, July 2012

The Public Costs of Births Resulting from Unintended Pregnancies: National and State-Level Estimates  [PDF version]
Adam Sonfield, Kathryn Kost, Rachel Benson Gold and Lawrence B. Finer
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 43, Issue 2, June 2011

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

Reports

Adding It Up: The Need for and Cost of Maternal and Newborn Car–Estimates for 2012 [PDF] May 2013
Susheela Singh, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Lori S. Ashford

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

Confidentiality for Individuals Insured as Dependents: A Review of State Laws and Policies [PDF] July 2012
Abigail English, Rachel Benson Gold, Elizabeth Nash and Jane Levine

Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of Contraceptive Services [PDF] June 2012
Susheela Singh and Jacqueline E. Darroch

Working Successfully with Health Plans: An Imperative for Family Planning Centers [PDF] June 2012
Rachel Benson Gold and Adam Sonfield

Variation in Service Delivery Practices Among Clinics Providing Publicly Funded Family Planning Services in 2010 [PDF] May 2012
Jennifer J. Frost, Rachel Benson Gold, Lori Frohwirth and Nakeisha Blades

Health Information Technology and Publicly Funded Family Planning Agencies: Readiness, Use and Challenges [PDF] March 2012
Jennifer J. Frost, Jenna Jerman and Adam Sonfield

Public Funding for Family Planning, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980–2010 [PDF] March 2012
Adam Sonfield and Rachel Benson Gold

Medicaid Family Planning Expansions: Lessons Learned and Implications for the Future [PDF] December 2011
Adam Sonfield and Rachel Benson Gold

Couple-Focused Services in Publicly Funded Family Planning Clinics: Identifying the Need, 2009 [PDF] June 2011
Mia R. Zolna, Laura D. Lindberg and Jennifer J. Frost

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

Barreras para la maternidad segura en México [PDF] June 2010
Fátima Juárez, José Luis Palma, Susheela Singh y Akinrinola Bankole

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 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

Memos and statements

Guttmacher Institute Testimony on H.R. 3 [PDF] February 2011

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.

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

Estimation Methodology [PDF]
Adding It Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing In Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health

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

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

Cost Pressures on Title X Family Planning Grantees, FY 2001-2004 [PDF] August 2006
Adam Sonfield, Rachel Benson Gold, Jennifer J. Frost and Casey Alrich

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

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

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

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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