Anna Popinchalk

Senior Research Associate

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Anna Popinchalk joined the Guttmacher Institute in 2014. Her work includes global research on sexual and reproductive health and rights, including unintended pregnancy and abortion. She is a member of the Secretariat of the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission and coordinated the research of the Commission report. She has co-authored papers in The Lancet, Lancet Global Health and BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health. Ms. Popinchalk earned a BA in geography from Macalester College, and an MPH with a concentration in sexuality, sexual and reproductive health from Columbia University.

Selected Publications

March 2022 Research Article
Country-specific estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion incidence: A global comparative analysis of levels in 2015–2019

Jonathan Bearak, Anna Popinchalk, Cynthia Beavin, Bela Ganatra, Ann-Beth Moller, Özge Tunçalp and Leontine Alkema BMJ Global Health
November 2021 Report
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ethiopia

Assefa Seme, Solomon Shiferaw, Ayanaw Amogne, Anna Popinchalk, Leilena Shimeles, Ephrem Berhanu, Ricardo Mimbela and Margaret Giorgio
July 2021 Research Article
The state of global abortion data: an overview and call to action

Anna Popinchalk, Cynthia Beavin and Jonathan Bearak BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health
May 2021 Research Article
Does the Impact of Motherhood on Women's Employment and Wages Differ for Women Who Plan Their Transition Into Motherhood?

Jonathan Bearak, Anna Popinchalk, Kristen Burke and Selena Anjur-Dietrich Demography
July 2020 Research Article
Unintended pregnancy and abortion by income, region, and the legal status of abortion: estimates from a comprehensive model for 1990-2019

Jonathan Bearak, Anna Popinchalk, Bela Ganatra, Ann-Beth Moller, Özge Tunçalp, Cynthia Beavin, Lorraine Kwok and Leontine Alkema The Lancet Global Health
April 2019 Research Article
Trends in the Method and Gestational Age of Abortion in High-income Countries

Anna Popinchalk and Gilda Sedgh BMJ
March 2019 Research Article
Pregnancies, abortions, and pregnancy intentions: a protocol for modeling and reporting global, regional and country estimates

Jonathan Bearak, Anna Popinchalk, Gilda Sedgh, Bela Ganatra, Ann-Beth Moller, Özge Tunçalp and Leontine Alkema Reproductive Health
May 2018 Report
Accelerate Progress—Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All

Ann M. Starrs, Alex Ezeh, Gary Barker, Alaka Basu, Jane T. Bertrand, Robert W. Blum, Awa M. Coll-Seck, Anand Grover, Laura Laski, Monica Roa, Zeba A. Sathar, Lale Say, Gamal I. Serour, Susheela Singh, Karin Stenberg, Marleen Temmerman, Ann Biddlecom, Anna Popinchalk, Cynthia Summers and Lori S. Ashford
March 2018 Research Article
Global, Regional, and Subregional Trends in Unintended Pregnancy and Its Outcomes from 1990 to 2014: Estimates from a Bayesian Hierarchical Model

Jonathan Bearak, Anna Popinchalk, Leontine Alkema and Gilda Sedgh The Lancet Global Health
September 2017 Research Article
Global, regional, and subregional classification of abortions by safety, 2010–14: estimates from a Bayesian hierarchical model

Bela Ganatra, Caitlin Gerdts, Clémentine Rossier, Brooke Ronald Johnson, Özge Tunçalp, Anisa Assifi, Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, Anna Popinchalk, Jonathan Bearak, Zhenning Kang and Leontine Alkema The Lancet
May 2016 Research Article
Abortion incidence between 1990 and 2014: global, regional, and subregional levels and trends

Gilda Sedgh, Jonathan Bearak, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, Anna Popinchalk, Bela Ganatra, Clémentine Rossier, Caitlin Gerdts, Özge Tunçalp, Brooke Ronald Johnson, Heidi Bart Johnston and Leontine Alkema The Lancet

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Anna Popinchalk

Selected Publications

Country-specific estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion incidence: A global comparative analysis of levels in 2015–2019

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ethiopia

The state of global abortion data: an overview and call to action

Does the Impact of Motherhood on Women's Employment and Wages Differ for Women Who Plan Their Transition Into Motherhood?

Unintended pregnancy and abortion by income, region, and the legal status of abortion: estimates from a comprehensive model for 1990-2019

Trends in the Method and Gestational Age of Abortion in High-income Countries

Pregnancies, abortions, and pregnancy intentions: a protocol for modeling and reporting global, regional and country estimates

Accelerate Progress—Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All

Global, Regional, and Subregional Trends in Unintended Pregnancy and Its Outcomes from 1990 to 2014: Estimates from a Bayesian Hierarchical Model

Global, regional, and subregional classification of abortions by safety, 2010–14: estimates from a Bayesian hierarchical model

Abortion incidence between 1990 and 2014: global, regional, and subregional levels and trends