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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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Global

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

  • 64

    unintended pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15-49 worldwide occurred annually between 2015-2019
  • 43%

    of adolescent women in LMICs who want to avoid a pregnancy have an unmet need for modern contraception
  • $10.60

    the annual per-person cost in LMICs to meet the need for essential sexual and reproductive health services

Resources

  • February 2013 News Release

    In Uganda, Slow Pace in Scaling Up Access to Reproductive Health Care Services Costing Thousands of Lives and Billions of Shillings

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • February 2013 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in Uganda

    Rubina Hussain

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • January 2013 Report

    Unsafe Abortion in Tanzania: A Review of the Evidence

    Vanessa Woog

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • November 2012 Research Article

    Community attitudes towards childbearing and abortion among HIV-positive women in Nigeria and Zambia

    Megan L. Kavanaugh, Isaac F. Adewole and Ann M. Moore,Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care

    Global

    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • October 2012 Policy Analysis

    Governmental Coercion in Reproductive Decision Making: See It Both Ways

    Sneha Barot,Guttmacher Policy Review

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • June 2012 News Release

    New Study Finds Little Progress in Meeting Demand for Contraception in the Developing World

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • June 2012 Report

    Une vue d’ensemble: coûts et avantages des services de contraception—Évaluations pour 2012

    Susheela Singh and Jacqueline E. Darroch

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • June 2012 Report

    Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of Contraceptive Services—Estimates for 2012

    Susheela Singh and Jacqueline E. Darroch

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • June 2012 Report

    Haciendo Cuentas: Costos y beneficios de los servicios anticonceptivos—Estimaciones para 2012

    Susheela Singh and Jacqueline E. Darroch

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2012 Report

    Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Kenya

    Rubina Hussain

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy

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It is crucial to emphasize that investments in proven sexual and reproductive health interventions end up averting costs. Every $1 spent on contraceptive services beyond the current level would save about $3 in the cost of maternal, newborn and abortion care, because contraception reduces unintended pregnancies.

Elizabeth A. Sully

Senior Research Scientist

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