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The Guttmacher Institute collects state-level data on publicly funded family planning services, unintended and teen pregnancy, and abortion. The Institute also tracks and analyzes state policies regarding abortion rights and access, minors’ access to services, funding for contraceptive services, sex and HIV education, and other topics related to sexual and reproductive health and rights.

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State Facts About Abortion
State Policy Resources
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State Facts About Unintended Pregnancy

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March 2018 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
How The Administration’s Proposed ‘Conscience’ Rule Undermines Reproductive Health and Patient Care

Adam Sonfield,Health Affairs Blog
United States
Abortion
Contraception
HIV & STIs
March 2018 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
Four Big Threats To The Title X Family Planning Program: Examining The Administration’s New Funding Opportunity Announcement

Kinsey Hasstedt,Health Affairs Blog
United States
Contraception
February 2018 News Release
Many Young Women in the United States Turn to Google for Information on Self-Abortion
United States
Abortion
February 2018 Research Article
What Are People Looking For When They Google “Self-Abortion”?

Jenna Jerman, Tsuyoshi Onda and Rachel K. Jones,Contraception
United States
Abortion
February 2018 News Release
Key Indicators of Sexual and Reproductive Health Differ for Immigrant and U.S.-Born Women of the Same Race and Ethnicity
United States
Contraception
Pregnancy
February 2018 Infographic
Title X Makes a Difference: 2015
United States
Contraception
February 2018 Research Article
The Sexual and Reproductive Health of Foreign-Born Women in the United States

Athena Tapales, Ayana Douglas-Hall and Hannah Whitehead,Contraception
United States
Contraception
Pregnancy
February 2018 Policy Analysis
Coercion Is at the Heart of Social Conservatives’ Reproductive Health Agenda

Joerg Dreweke,Guttmacher Policy Review
United States
Abortion
Contraception
Pregnancy
Teens
January 2018 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
Taking Stock of Year One of the Trump Administration’s Harmful Agenda Against Reproductive Health and Rights

Kinsey Hasstedt and Heather D. Boonstra,Rewire
United States
Abortion
Contraception
Teens
January 2018 News in Context
Dramatic Gains in Insurance Coverage for Women of Reproductive Age Are Now in Jeopardy
United States
Contraception

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Hear From An Expert

Abortions in the United States are happening earlier in pregnancy than they used to: Two-thirds occur within the first eight weeks of pregnancy. Medication abortion helps make this possible.

Rachel K. Jones

Principal Research Scientist

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