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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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Top Facts & Statistics

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    states (and DC) mandate sex education in schools
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    states (and DC) allow all or most minors to consent to STI services
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    states restrict abortion coverage in insurance exchange plans

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
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  • 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
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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 OndaandRachel K. Jones,Contraception

    United States

    • Abortion

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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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