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  • Reproductive Health Impact Study
  • Adding It Up
  • Abortion Worldwide
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
  • US policy resources
  • State policy resources
  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (1975–2020)
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (1969–2020)

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  • United States

Articles

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  • US research
  • Policy analysis
  • Guttmacher Policy Review
  • Opinion

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  • United States
  • US State Laws and Policies

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  • Interactive Map: US Abortion Policies and Access After Roe
  • Safe Abortion Calculator
  • Family Planning Investment Impact Calculator
  • Monthly Abortion Provision Study Dashboard
  • Public-use data sets

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  • Contraception
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  • Teens

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Director of International Research

Elizabeth A. Sully

Portrait of Elizabeth Sully

Elizabeth Sully joined the Guttmacher Institute as a Senior Research Scientist in 2015 and became Director of International Research in 2025. Her research focuses on sexual and reproductive health, including abortion measurement, adolescent health, the impact and cost of sexual and reproductive health services, and the sociobehavioral dynamics of HIV transmission.

Dr. Sully earned her MA in public affairs and her PhD in public affairs and demography from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Office of Population Research, and she received her BA with Joint Honors in political science and international development studies from McGill University.

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Selected Publications

  1. October 2018 Research Article

    Severity and Management of Postabortion Complications Among Women in Zimbabwe, 2016: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Mugove Gerald Madziyire, Chelsea Polis, Taylor Riley, Elizabeth A. Sully, Onikepe Owolabi and Tsungai Chipato BMJ Open
  2. October 2018 Research Article

    Abortion in Zimbabwe: A National Study of the Incidence of Induced Abortion, Unintended Pregnancy and Post-Abortion Care in 2016

    Elizabeth A. Sully, Mugove Gerald Madziyire, Taylor Riley, Ann M. Moore, Marjorie Crowell, Margaret Tambudzai Nyandoro, Bernard Madzima and Tsungai Chipato PLOS ONE
  3. September 2018 Research Article

    Estimating Abortion Incidence among Adolescents and Differences in Postabortion Care by Age: A Cross-Sectional Study of Postabortion Care Patients in Uganda

    Elizabeth A. Sully, Lynn M. Atuyambe, Justine N. Bukenya, Hannah Whitehead, Nakeisha Blades and Akinrinola Bankole Contraception
  4. August 2018 Report

    Future Scenarios of Adolescent Contraceptive Use, Cost and Impact in Developing Regions

    Ann Biddlecom, Taylor Riley, Jacqueline E. Darroch, Elizabeth A. Sully, Vladimíra Kantorová and Mark C. Wheldon
  5. Picture shows Ethiopia on the map of Africa
    March 2018 Research Article

    Playing it Safe: Legal and Clandestine Abortions among Adolescents in Ethiopia

    Elizabeth A. Sully, Yohannes Dibaba, Tamara Fetters, Nakeisha Blades and Akinrinola Bankole Journal of Adolescent Health
  6. March 2013 Research Article

    Extraspousal Partnerships in a Community in Rural Uganda With High HIV Prevalence: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study Using Linked Spousal Data: Erratum

    Elizabeth A. Sully JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  7. November 2012 Research Article

    Stimulating an immune response? Oral sex is associated with less endometritis

    Elizabeth A. Sully International Journal of STD & AIDS

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