Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
 

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Fact sheets

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

"State Policies in Brief"

Emergency Contraception [PDF] February 2012

Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives [PDF] February 2012

Refusing to Provide Health Services [PDF] February 2012

Restricting Insurance Coverage of Abortions [PDF] February 2012

State Family Planning Funding Restrictions [PDF] February 2012

State Funding of Abortion Under Medicaid [PDF] February 2012

State Medicaid Family Planning Eligibility Expansions [PDF] February 2012

Highlighted policy articles

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

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 Benson 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

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

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

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

Family Planning Centers Meet Health Care Reform: Lessons from Massachusetts  [PDF version] August 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

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

U.S. Global HIV Prevention Policy: Still Time to Get It Right  [PDF version] October 2008
Susan A. Cohen
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

Breaking New Ground: Ingenuity and Innovation In Medicaid Family Planning Expansions  [PDF version] May 2008
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

Provider Refusal and Access to Reproductive Health Services: Approaching a New Balance  [PDF version] May 2008
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review

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

Medicaid's Role in Family Planning [PDF] October 2007
Rachel Benson Gold, Cory L. Richards, Usha R. Ranji and Alina Salganicoff
Issues in Brief

A Long and Winding Road: Getting the HPV Vaccine to Women in the Developing World  [PDF version] August 2007
Susan A. Cohen
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

Stronger Together: Medicaid, Title X Bring Different Strengths to Family Planning Effort   [PDF version] May 2007
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

Lessons for Family Planning Providers from Transitions In Maternal and Child Health Funding  [PDF version] March 2007
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

The Heart of the Matter: Public Funding of Abortion for Poor Women in the United States  [PDF version] March 2007
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

The Impact of Anti-Immigrant Policy on Publicly Subsidized Reproductive Health Care  [PDF version] March 2007
Adam Sonfield
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

One Million New Women in Need of Publicly Funded Contraception August 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

New Federal Authority to Impose Medicaid Family Planning Cuts: A Deal States Should Refuse  [PDF version] June 2006
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

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

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

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

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

Rights Without Access: Revisiting Public Funding of Abortion for Poor Women  [PDF version] April 2000
Heather Boonstra and Adam Sonfield
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

Medicaid's Role in Family Planning [PDF] October 2007
Rachel Benson Gold, Cory L. Richards, Usha R. Ranji and Alina Salganicoff

Interpreting Research Studies [PDF] July 2006

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

The Cairo Consensus: Challenges for U.S. Policy at Home and Abroad August 1996

Highlighted research articles

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

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

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

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 Publicly Funded Family Planning Centers [PDF] December 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

CMS Guidance on Family Planning State Plan Amendments [PDF] October 2010

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

Audio clips

Guttmacher Exchange: The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health September 2008

Guttmacher Exchange: Medical Mistrust and Communities of Color February 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

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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