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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

Our Work By Geography

  • Global
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Latin America & the Caribbean
  • Northern America
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The Guttmacher Institute conducts global studies on topics such as the incidence of abortion, barriers to contraceptive use and the reproductive health needs of adolescents. 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 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 around the globe 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 Institute’s Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide study has produced model-based estimates of the incidence of unintended pregnancy and abortion over the period 1990–2019 for 150 countries and territories around the world. 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.

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  • Photo of woman with a green background with the words Adding It Up across the bottom
    Initiatives

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health

  • Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide

  • News Release

    Guttmacher-Lancet Commission Proposes a Bold, New Agenda for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 33

    abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-49 in Sub-Saharan Africa occurred annually in 2015-2019
  • 121M

    unintended pregnancies annually worldwide in 2015-2019
  • 3.9M

    adolescents annually do not deliver their babies in a health facility

Resources

  • July 2021 Research Article

    The health system costs of post abortion care in Tanzania

    Naomi Lince-Deroche, George Ruhago, Philicia Castillo, Patrice Williams, Projestine Muganyizi and Akinrinola Bankole,BMC Health Services Research

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • July 2021 Research Article

    The state of global abortion data: an overview and call to action

    Anna Popinchalk, Cynthia Beavin and Jonathan Bearak,BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health

    Global

    • Abortion
  • July 2021 Research Article

    Contraceptive and abortion practices of young Ghanaian women aged 15–24: evidence from a nationally representative survey

    Sarah Keogh, Easmon Otupiri, Philicia Castillo, Naomi Li, Joana Apenkwa and Chelsea Polis,Reproductive Health

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • July 2021 Policy Analysis

    Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Is Key to Achieving Universal Health Coverage

    Sophia Sadinsky

    Global

  • June 2021 Policy Analysis

    Just the Numbers: The Impact of U.S. International Family Planning Assistance, 2021

    Global

    • Contraception
  • June 2021 Infographic

    The Impact of U.S. International Family Planning Assistance, 2021

    Global

    • Contraception
  • June 2021 Policy Analysis

    Here's Why Sexual and Reproductive Rights Must Be the Linchpin of Feminist Foreign Policy

    Sophia Sadinsky, Zara Ahmed and Lauren Cross

    Global

  • June 2021 Research Article

    Use of Fertility Awareness-Based Methods for Pregnancy Prevention Among Ghanaian Women: A Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Survey

    Chelsea Polis, Easmon Otupiri, Suzanne Bell and Roderick Larsen-Reindorf,Global Health: Science and Practice

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2021 Research Article

    Sexual and Reproductive Health Literacy, Misoprostol Knowledge and Use of Medication Abortion in Lagos State, Nigeria: A Mixed Methods Study

    Heini Väisänen, Ann M. Moore, Onikepe Owolabi, Melissa Stillman, Adesegun O. Fatusi and Akanni I Akinyemi,Studies in Family Planning

    Global

    • Abortion
  • May 2021 Research Article

    Hormonal contraceptive use in Ghana: the role of method attributes and side effects in method choice and continuation

    Sarah Keogh, Easmon Otupiri, Philicia Castillo, Doris W. Chiu, Chelsea Polis, Emmanuel K. Nakua and Suzanne Bell,Contraception

    Global

    • Contraception

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Hear From An Expert

Imposing legal restrictions to prevent or impede access to abortion does not reduce the number of individuals who need those services, but it certainly does increase the risk of unnecessary physical and emotional harm from unsafe abortion, and may result in legal sanctions and financial hardship as well.

Sophia Sadinsky

Senior Policy Associate, Global Issues
Guttmacher Institute
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