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Highlights

  • Roe v. Wade in Peril
  • COVID-19 impact
  • Reproductive Health Impact Study
  • Adding It Up
  • Abortion Worldwide
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
  • U.S. policy resources
  • State policy resources
  • State legislation tracker

Reports

  • Global
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Articles

  • Global research
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  • Policy analysis
  • Guttmacher Policy Review
  • Op-eds & external blogs

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  • Global
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  • U.S. State Laws and Policies

Data & Visualizations

  • Data center
  • Infographics
  • Public-use data sets

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  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Global

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

U.S.

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

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Pregnancy

The Guttmacher Institute estimates the incidence, consequences and costs of unintended pregnancy globally, regionally and at the country level, and seeks to understand what drives unintended pregnancy rates and trends. We promote policies and strategies that enable women to time and space their pregnancies.

  • Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide

  • Fact Sheet

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

  • Unintended pregnancy and abortion vary across country income groups
    Infographic

    Unintended pregnancy and abortion vary across country income groups

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 121M

    unintended pregnancies annually worldwide in 2015-2019
  • 48%

    of all pregnancies worldwide were unintended in 2015–2019
  • 61%

    of unintended pregnancies worldwide ended in abortion annually in 2015-2019

Resources

  • May 2022 Policy Analysis

    Des nouvelles données probantes sur les grossesses non planifiées et les avortements dans 150 pays démontrent l'importance que revêt l’élaboration des politiques sur mesure

    Sophia Sadinsky and Irum Taqi

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • March 2022 Policy Analysis

    Des nouvelles données probantes sur les grossesses non planifiées et les avortements dans 150 pays démontrent l'importance que revêt l’élaboration des politiques sur mesure

    Sophia Sadinsky and Irum Taqi

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2022 Policy Analysis

    Des nouvelles données probantes sur les grossesses non planifiées et les avortements dans 150 pays démontrent l'importance que revêt l’élaboration des politiques sur mesure

    Sophia Sadinsky and Irum Taqi

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2022 Policy Analysis

    Des nouvelles données probantes sur les grossesses non planifiées et les avortements dans 150 pays démontrent l'importance que revêt l’élaboration des politiques sur mesure

    Sophia Sadinsky and Irum Taqi

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2022 Policy Analysis

    Des nouvelles données probantes sur les grossesses non planifiées et les avortements dans 150 pays démontrent l'importance que revêt l’élaboration des politiques sur mesure

    Sophia Sadinsky and Irum Taqi

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • March 2022 Policy Analysis

    Des nouvelles données probantes sur les grossesses non planifiées et les avortements dans 150 pays démontrent l'importance que revêt l’élaboration des politiques sur mesure

    Sophia Sadinsky and Irum Taqi

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • March 2022 News Release

    Premières estimations nationales des grossesses non désirées et des avortements

    Global

    • Abortion
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  • March 2022 News Release

    First-ever country-level estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion

    Global

    • Abortion
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  • March 2022 Research Article

    Country-specific estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion incidence: A global comparative analysis of levels in 2015–2019

    Jonathan Bearak, Anna Popinchalk, Cynthia Beavin, Bela Ganatra, Ann-Beth Moller, Özge Tunçalp and Leontine Alkema,BMJ Global Health

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • March 2022 News Release

    Se publican las primeras estimaciones nacionales sobre embarazos imprevistos y abortos

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy

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With improved access to sexual and reproductive health services, the global unintended pregnancy rate has fallen by nearly a fifth since the early 90s.

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