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Highlights

  • Roe v. Wade in Peril
  • COVID-19 impact
  • Reproductive Health Impact Study
  • Adding It Up
  • Abortion Worldwide
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
  • U.S. policy resources
  • State policy resources
  • State legislation tracker

Reports

  • Global
  • U.S.

Articles

  • Global research
  • U.S. research
  • Policy analysis
  • Guttmacher Policy Review
  • Op-eds & external blogs

Fact Sheets

  • Global
  • U.S.
  • U.S. State Laws and Policies

Data & Visualizations

  • Data center
  • Infographics
  • Public-use data sets

Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Global

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

U.S.

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

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  • Global
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Latin America & the Caribbean
  • Northern America
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  • Job opportunities
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  • Contact
  • Conflict of Interest Policy

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  • Media office
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  • Make a gift today
  • Monthly Giving Circle
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  • Darroch Award
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Lisa Remez

Senior Writer and Translation Associate

Lisa Remez has worked at the Institute for several decades in various roles. She has been Senior Writer and Translation Associate since 2021. Before joining the Institute most recently as staff, she consulted for the Research Division, writing monographs, In Briefs, Guttmacher papers and other research products. She has published research on abortion legality and on adolescents in Central America, and she coedited a review on abortion estimation methodologies. Prior to consulting for the Institute exclusively, Ms. Remez edited and translated for colleague organizations, including the Center for Reproductive Rights, EngenderHealth and the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Prior to her consulting work, she was an Associate Editor on the Institute’s journals. One of Ms. Remez’s journal articles, “Oral sex among adolescents: Is it sex or is it abstinence?” has been included in sex education anthologies and course syllabi. She has a BA in history from Vassar College and an MA in translation from The Graduate Center, City University of New York. 

Selected Publications

  • December 2020 Report

    From Unsafe to Safe Abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa: Slow but Steady Progress

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2020 Research Article

    Global Developments in Laws on Induced Abortion: 2008–2019

    International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • March 2018 Report

    Abortion Worldwide 2017: Uneven Progress and Unequal Access

    Global

    • Abortion
  • November 2014 Report

    Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Adolescents in Zimbabwe

    Global

    • Teens
  • April 2014 Report

    Measuring Adolescent Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Within A Rights-Based Framework: Developing and Applying an Index

    Global

    • Teens
  • May 2013 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Rwanda

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • October 2012 Report

    Menstrual Regulation, Unsafe Abortion And Maternal Health in Bangladesh

    Global

    • Abortion
  • November 2011 Report

    Benefits of Meeting Women’s Contraceptive Needs in Burkina Faso

    Global

    • Contraception
  • September 2011 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Colombia: Causes and Consequences

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2010 Report

    Methodologies for Estimating Abortion Incidence and Abortion-Related Morbidity: A Review

    Global

    • Abortion
  • July 2010 Report

    Benefits of Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Ethiopian Women

    Global

    • Contraception
  • July 2009 Report

    Barriers to Safe Motherhood in India

    Global

    • Pregnancy
  • July 2009 Report

    Adolescent Marriage and Childbearing in India: Current Situation and Recent Trends

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • November 2000 Research Article

    Oral Sex Among Adolescents:Is It Sex or Is It Abstinence?

    Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
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