Maryland

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.

Fact Sheet

State Facts About Abortion
State Policy Resources
Fact Sheet

State Facts About Unintended Pregnancy

Top Facts & Statistics

Resources

May 2018 Research Article
Is Pregnancy Fatalism Normal? An Attitudinal Assessment Among Women Trying to Get Pregnant and Those Not Using Contraception

Rachel K. Jones,Contraception
United States
Contraception
Pregnancy
May 2018 Policy Analysis
In Bad Faith: How Conservatives Are Weaponizing “Religious Liberty” to Allow Institutions to Discriminate

Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review
United States
Abortion
Contraception
May 2018 News in Context
The Trump Administration’s Irresponsible Use of Research in Pushing Its Abstinence-Only Agenda into Title X

Laura D. LindbergandKinsey Hasstedt
United States
Contraception
HIV & STIs
Teens
April 2018 Research Article
Multiple contraceptive method use and prevalence of fertility awareness based method use in the United States, 2013–2015

Chelsea PolisandRachel K. Jones,Contraception
United States
Contraception
April 2018 Fact Sheet
State Facts on Publicly Funded Family Planning Services
United States
Abortion
Contraception
Pregnancy
Teens
April 2018 Policy Analysis
Policy Trends in the States: First Quarter 2018

Elizabeth Nash,Lizamarie Mohammed,Zohra Ansari-Thomas,Olivia CappelloandRachel Benson Gold
United States
Abortion
Contraception
HIV & STIs
Pregnancy
Teens
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 OndaandRachel K. Jones,Contraception
United States
Abortion

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Hear From An Expert

Allowing medical providers to treat a patient’s partner for an STI without having the partner present can break the cycle of reinfection and greatly improve a patient’s reproductive health

Elizabeth Nash

Interim Associate Director of State Policy

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