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Highlights

  • Roe v. Wade Overturned
  • 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
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  • 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

Our Work By Geography

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  • Africa
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Africa

Most of Guttmacher Institute’s work in Africa concentrates on Sub-Saharan Africa. Studies have estimated the incidence of abortion and unintended pregnancy; presented age-specific abortion rates and rates for sexually active adolescents; documented the severity of complications from unsafe abortion; assessed the quality, costs and reach of postabortion care; examined sexuality education; and explored the use of misoprostol from informal sources for abortion. A comprehensive monograph also summarized the body of evidence on unintended pregnancy and abortion in the region.

The Institute's ongoing Adding It Up project provides estimates (regional, subregional and country-specific) of the needs for modern contraception, maternal and newborn care, and abortion-related services for low- and middle-income countries. This work also estimates the costs and impacts of meeting these needs, providing policymakers throughout Africa with evidence that investment in improving and increasing the provision of sexual and reproductive health services saves lives, improves women’s health and well-being, and has broad societal benefits. 

In addition, the Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide study has produced model-based estimates of the incidence of unintended pregnancy and abortion for all African countries and territories over the period 1990–2019. Such estimates provide an opportunity to assess trends in unintended pregnancy and abor­tion over time for individual countries and territories, as well as regionally and globally.

Explore data and resources for 55 African countries using the “Select a country profile” box on this page.

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  • News Release

    Guttmacher Institute Releases Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles for More Than 130 Countries

  • Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide

  • Report

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

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 3 in 4

    surveyed Ghanaian students aged 15–17 are taught to not have sex before marriage
  • 154,000

    maternal deaths per year in Africa that could be prevented by meeting the need for contraception and maternal and newborn care
  • 1 in 4

    surveyed Kenyan students aged 15–17 learn about contraception

Resources

  • June 2012 Report

    Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of Contraceptive Services—Estimates for 2012

    Susheela Singh and Jacqueline E. Darroch

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2012 Report

    Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Kenya

    Rubina Hussain

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • April 2012 Report

    Making Abortion Services Accessible in the Wake of Legal Reforms

    Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh and Lori S. Ashford

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • March 2012 Research Article

    Abortion Incidence and Postabortion Care in Rwanda

    Susheela Singh and Ann M. Moore,Studies in Family Planning

    Global

    • Abortion
  • January 2012 Research Article

    Induced abortion: incidence and trends worldwide from 1995 to 2008

    Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh, Iqbal H Shah,, Elisabeth Åhman, Stanley K Henshaw and Akinrinola Bankole,The Lancet

    Global

    • Abortion
  • December 2011 News Release

    Burkinabe Women Experience High Rates of Unintended Pregnancy

    Global

    • Contraception
  • November 2011 Report

    Benefits of Meeting Women’s Contraceptive Needs in Burkina Faso

    Akinrinola Bankole, Michael Vlassoff, Aparna Sundaram, Lisa Remez and Danielle Belemsaga/Yugbare

    Global

    • Contraception
  • September 2011 Research Article

    Estimating Abortion Incidence in Burkina Faso Using Two Methodologies

    Akinrinola Bankole and Gilda Sedgh,Studies in Family Planning

    Global

    • Abortion
  • August 2011 Policy Analysis

    The World at Seven Billion: Global Milestone A Reflection of Individual Needs

    Susan A. Cohen,Guttmacher Policy Review

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • August 2011 Research Article

    Women's and Men's Fertility Preferences and Contraceptive Behaviors by HIV Status in 10 Sub-Saharan African Countries

    Akinrinola Bankole and Ann Biddlecom,AIDS Education and Prevention

    Global

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs

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Ethiopia is one of only a handful of countries to eliminate barriers to legal abortion specifically for adolescents. As a result, young women are more likely to access safe abortion care than any other age-group there.

Elizabeth A. Sully

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Guttmacher Institute
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