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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
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Articles

  • Global research
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  • 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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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

  • 132M

    women in Asia want to avoid pregnancy but are not using a modern contraceptive method
  • 35.5M

    abortions were performed annually in Asia in 2010–2014
  • $5.67

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

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
  • April 2012 Report

    Making Abortion Services Accessible in the Wake of Legal Reforms

    Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh and Lori S. Ashford

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • 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
  • 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
  • December 2009 Report

    Adding It Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health

    Susheela Singh, Jacqueline E. Darroch, Lori S. Ashford and Michael Vlassoff

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2009 Report

    Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress

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

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • November 2009 Report

    Abortion in Pakistan

    United States

    • Abortion

    Global

  • July 2009 Report

    Barriers to Safe Motherhood in India

    Susheela Singh, Lisa Remez, Usha Ram, Ann M. Moore and Suzette Audam

    Global

    • Pregnancy
  • July 2009 Report

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

    Ann M. Moore, Susheela Singh, Usha Ram, Lisa Remez and Suzette Audam

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • February 2009 Report

    Meeting Women's Contraceptive Needs in the Philippines

    Jacqueline E. Darroch, Susheela Singh, Haley Ball and Josefina V. Cabigon

    Global

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • 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

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Guttmacher Institute
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