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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
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  • Policy analysis
  • Guttmacher Policy Review
  • Op-eds & external blogs

Fact Sheets

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  • U.S. State Laws and Policies

Data & Visualizations

  • Data center
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  • 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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Asia

The Guttmacher Institute’s work in Asia has focused primarily on estimating the incidence of abortion and unintended pregnancy, documenting the health consequences of unsafe abortion, assessing the reach and quality of postabortion care, and exploring ways in which misoprostol is obtained online.

The Institute's ongoing Adding It Up project provides estimates (regional, subregional and country-specific) of the needs among women in low- and middle-income Asian countries for modern contraception, maternal and newborn care, and abortion-related services. This work also estimates the costs and impacts of meeting these needs, providing policymakers across the region 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 Asian 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 40 Asian 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

  • Report

    Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Six Indian States: Findings and Implications for Policies and Programs

  • Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Asia

Top Facts & Statistics

  • $5.67

    the annual per-person cost of meeting the need for modern contraception and maternal and newborn care in Asia
  • 87%

    approximate reduction in unintended pregnancies if all unmet need for modern contraception were satisfied in Nepal
  • 35.5M

    abortions were performed annually in Asia in 2010–2014

Resources

  • 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

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • Consequences of unsafe abortion in the developing world
    June 2016 Infographic

    Consequences of unsafe abortion in the developing world

    Global

    • Abortion
  • Restrictive abortion laws endanger women’s health
    June 2016 Infographic

    Restrictive abortion laws endanger women’s health

    Global

    • Abortion
  • May 2016 Report

    Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Adolescents

    Jacqueline E. Darroch, Vanessa Woog, Akinrinola Bankole and Lori S. Ashford

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • 23 million adolescent women aged 15–19 have an unmet need for modern contraception.
    May 2016 News Release

    In Developing Regions, 23 Million Adolescents at Risk of Unintended Pregnancy, Not Using Modern Contraceptives

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • BETWEEN 1990 AND 2014 Abortion rates declined significantly in developed countries but remained unchanged in developing countries
    May 2016 Infographic

    Abortion rates declined significantly in developed countries but remained unchanged in developing countries

    Global

    • Abortion
  • BETWEEN 1990 AND 2014 Abortion rates declined significantly in developed countries but remained unchanged in developing countries
    May 2016 News Release

    Abortion Rates Declined Significantly In the Developed World Between 1990 and 2014

    Global

    • Abortion
  • BETWEEN 1990 AND 2014 Abortion rates declined significantly in developed countries but remained unchanged in developing countries
    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

    Global

    • Abortion
  • May 2016 Report

    Research Gaps in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

    Jacqueline E. Darroch, Susheela Singh, Vanessa Woog, Akinrinola Bankole and Lori S. Ashford

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • March 2016 Report

    Contraceptive Failure Rates in the Developing World: An Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey Data in 43 Countries

    Chelsea Polis, Sarah E.K. Bradley, Akinrinola Bankole, Tsuyoshi Onda, Trevor N. Croft and Susheela Singh

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy

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Nepal has made significant progress in expanding safe and legal abortion services, but women still face barriers to care, including lack of knowledge about the legal status of abortion or where to obtain services, stigma, and difficulties related to traveling to or paying for services

Rubina Hussain

Senior Research Associate
Guttmacher Institute
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