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Contraception

The Guttmacher Institute documents the need for, access to and use of contraceptives, as well as the impacts of that use, including the health, economic and social benefits of fulfilling the unmet need for contraception. The Institute’s research and advocacy work addresses the need to support investment in the development of new methods and in high-quality, affordable family planning services that provide access to a full range of methods, comprehensive and accurate information, and effective counseling.

  • Costs and Benefits
  • News Release

    Provision of Essential Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Would Reduce Unintended Pregnancies, Unsafe Abortions and Maternal Deaths by About Two-Thirds

  • Policy Analysis

    When Antiabortion Ideology Turns into Foreign Policy: How the Global Gag Rule Erodes Health, Ethics and Democracy

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    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 43%

    of adolescent women in LMICs who want to avoid a pregnancy have an unmet need for modern contraception
  • 111M

    unintended pregnancies occur annually in LMICs
  • 218M

    women in low- and middle-income countries have an unmet need for modern contraception

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  • November 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Western Asia

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  • November 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Central Asia

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  • November 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Southern Asia

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  • November 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women in India

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  • August 2020 Policy Analysis

    From Bad to Worse: The COVID-19 Pandemic Risks Further Undermining Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Many Countries

    Sophia Sadinsky, Alan Jarandilla Nuñez, Sandra Nabulega, Taylor Riley, Zara Ahmed and Elizabeth Sully

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    • Abortion
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  • July 2020 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Covid-19 threatens to unravel years of progress on reproductive health and rights

    Herminia Palacio and Susheela Singh,BMJ Opinion

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  • July 2020 Report

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health 2019—Methodology Report

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  • Striking gains in adolescent health are within reach
    July 2020 Infographic

    De fortes améliorations de la santé des adolescentes sont accessibles

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  • July 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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  • Greater investment in sexual and reproductive health care is urgently needed in low- and middle-income countries
    July 2020 Infographic

    Greater investment in sexual and reproductive health care is urgently needed in low- and middle-income countries

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    • Abortion
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If all women in low-and middle-income countries wanting to avoid pregnancy were to use modern contraception and all pregnant women were to receive care that meets international standards, unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions and maternal deaths would drop by about two-thirds.

Elizabeth Sully

Senior Research Scientist

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