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The Guttmacher Institute’s work in the United States includes research on unintended and adolescent pregnancy, contraception and use of publicly funded family planning services, abortion incidence and funding, HIV and other STIs, and teens’ and adolescents' access to sex education and reproductive health services. The Institute also analyzes federal policies related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as the impact of federally funded programs such as Title X, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.

View sexual and reproductive health research and analysis in your state

  • Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends 2019: A Wave of Abortion Bans, But Some States Are Fighting Back

  • map of United States

    State Policy Resources

  • Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy in the United States

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 37

    states require parental consent for minors seeking abortions
  • 99%

    of sexually active American women 15–44 have used a contraceptive method other than natural family planning
  • 45%

    of the 6.1 million pregnancies in the U.S. each year are unintended

Resources

  • January 2021 Policy Analysis

    Medicaid Work Requirements at the U.S. Supreme Court: A Potentially Devastating Blow to Health Coverage for Millions

    Leah H. Keller and Adam Sonfield

    United States

    • Contraception
  • U.S. map with text "State Laws and Policies"
    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    Maternal Mortality Review Committees

    United States

    • Pregnancy
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    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    Minors’ Rights as Parents

    United States

    • Teens
  • U.S. state map with text "State Laws and Policies"
    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers

    United States

    • Abortion
  • U.S. state map with text "State Laws and Policies"
    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    Nurses’ Authority to Prescribe or Dispense

    United States

    • Contraception
  • U.S. state map with text "State Laws and Policies"
    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    Bans on Specific Abortion Methods Used After the First Trimester

    United States

    • Abortion
  • U.S. map with text "State Laws and Policies"
    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    An Overview of Consent to Reproductive Health Services by Young People

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • U.S. state map with text "State Laws and Policies"
    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    ‘Choose Life’ License Plates

    United States

    • Abortion
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    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    Parental Involvement in Minors’ Abortions

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Teens
  • U.S. state map with text "State Laws and Policies"
    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    Abortion Policy in the Absence of Roe

    United States

    • Abortion

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Amid ongoing challenges, reproductive rights supporters have scored key state-level victories on contraceptive access and abortion rights.

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