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

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  • United States

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  • US research
  • Policy analysis
  • Guttmacher Policy Review
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  • United States
  • US State Laws and Policies

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

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  • Contraception
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  • Teens

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Senior Research Associate

Rubina Hussain

Portrait of Rubina Hussain

Rubina Hussain joined the Guttmacher Institute in 2001. Her research interests include unmet need for contraception, unintended pregnancy and abortion; her work encompasses global research as well as national studies in several developing countries. Prior to arriving at the Institute, Ms. Hussain investigated behavioral risk factors associated with STIs while working as a consultant for the Detroit Department of Health. She earned a BS in microbiology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and an MPH in epidemiology from the University of Michigan.

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Selected Publications

  1. June 2016 Report

    Unmet Need for Contraception in Developing Countries: Examining Women’s Reasons for Not Using a Method

    Gilda Sedgh, Lori S. Ashford and Rubina Hussain
  2. October 2015 Research Article

    The Incidence of Abortion in Nigeria

    Akinrinola Bankole, Isaac F. Adewole, Rubina Hussain, Olutosin Awolude, Susheela Singh and Joshua O. Akinyemi International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  3. December 2014 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion In Burkina Faso: Causes and Consequences

    Akinrinola Bankole, Rubina Hussain, Gilda Sedgh, Clémentine Rossier, Idrissa Kaboré and Georges Guiella
  4. September 2014 Research Article

    Intended and Unintended Pregnancies Worldwide in 2012 and Recent Trends

    Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh and Rubina Hussain Studies in Family Planning
  5. June 2014 Research Article

    Reasons for Contraceptive Nonuse among Women Having Unmet Need for Contraception in Developing Countries

    Gilda Sedgh and Rubina Hussain Studies in Family Planning
  6. August 2013 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion in the Philippines: Context and Consequences

    Lawrence B. Finer and Rubina Hussain
  7. February 2013 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in Uganda

    Rubina Hussain
  8. September 2012 Research Article

    The Incidence of Menstrual Regulation Procedures And Abortion in Bangladesh, 2010

    Susheela Singh, Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Hadayeat Ullah Bhuiyan, Michael Vlassoff and Rubina Hussain International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  9. May 2012 Report

    Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Kenya

    Rubina Hussain
  10. December 2009 Report

    Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress

    Susheela Singh, Deirdre Wulf, Rubina Hussain, Akinrinola Bankole and Gilda Sedgh

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