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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
  • U.S.

Articles

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

Fact Sheets

  • Global
  • U.S.
  • U.S. State Laws and Policies

Data & Visualizations

  • Data center
  • Infographics
  • Public-use data sets

Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • 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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  • Africa
  • Asia
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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

  • 59%

    of women in low-income countries deliver their babies in a health facility, compared to 97% in upper-middle income countries
  • 111M

    unintended pregnancies occur annually in LMICs
  • 31M

    women in LMICs do not deliver their babies in a health facility

Resources

  • November 2013 Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion In Mexico

    Global

    • Pregnancy
  • November 2013 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Mexico: Causes and Consequences

    Fatima Juárez, Susheela Singh, Isaac Maddow-Zimet and Deirdre Wulf

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2013 Fact Sheet

    Unsafe Abortion and Postabortion Care In Pakistan

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2013 News Release

    New Report Finds Uneven Progress in Expanding Pregnancy and Delivery Care in the Developing World

    Global

    • Pregnancy
  • May 2013 News Release

    New Study Finds Little Progress in Meeting Demand for Contraception in the Poorest Countries

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2013 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Rwanda

    Paulin Basinga, Ann M. Moore, Susheela Singh, Lisa Remez, Francine Birungi and Laetitia Nyirazinyoye

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2013 Fact Sheet

    Meeting the Need for Maternal and Newborn Care in the Developing World—Estimates for 2012

    Global

    • Pregnancy
  • May 2013 Report

    Grossesse non désirée et avortement provoqué au Rwanda

    Paulin Basinga, Ann M. Moore, Susheela Singh, Lisa Remez, Francine Birungi and Laetitia Nyirazinyoye

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2013 Report

    Adding It Up: The Need for and Cost of Maternal and Newborn Care—Estimates for 2012

    Susheela Singh, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Lori S. Ashford

    Global

    • Pregnancy
  • May 2013 News Release

    In Rwanda, Notwithstanding Considerable Increases, Contraceptive Use Not Keeping Pace with Desire for Smaller Families

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy

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Fully meeting the needs for sexual and reproductive health care would result in immense health gains, including a reduction of about two-thirds in unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions and maternal deaths.

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