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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

Our Work By Geography

  • Global
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Latin America & the Caribbean
  • Northern America
  • Oceania

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  • Board
  • Job opportunities
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  • Contact
  • Conflict of Interest Policy

Media

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  • News releases

Support Our Work

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  • Monthly Giving Circle
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  • Darroch Award
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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

  • 60%

    approximate reduction in adolescent unintended pregnancies if all unmet need for modern contraception were satisfied in LMICs
  • 31M

    women in LMICs do not deliver their babies in a health facility
  • 63%

    approximate reduction in adolescent maternal deaths in LMICs if all need for sexual and reproductive health services were met

Resources

  • March 2011 Policy Analysis

    As Global Commitment to Reproductive Health Intensifies, U.S. Leadership More Important Than Ever

    Susan A. Cohen,Guttmacher Policy Review

    Global

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • January 2011 Research Article

    Fertility preferences and contraceptive use among couples in sub-Saharan Africa

    Akinrinola Bankole and Suzette Audam,African Population Studies

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2010 Report

    Unsafe Abortion in Zambia

    Ndonyo Likwa, Ann Biddlecom and Haley Ball

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • June 2010 Report

    Barreras para la Maternidad Segura en México

    Fatima Juárez, José Luis Palma, Susheela Singh and Akinrinola Bankole

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • April 2010 Fact Sheet

    Facts on Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in Ethiopia

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • January 2010 Report

    Las Necesidades de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva de las Adolescentes en México: Retos y Oportunidades

    Fatima Juárez, José Luis Palma, Susheela Singh and Akinrinola Bankole

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2009 Report

    Adding It Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health

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

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2009 Report

    Aborto a Nivel Mundial: Una década de progreso desigual

    Susheela Singh, Deirdre Wulf, Rubina Hussain, Akinrinola Bankole and Gilda Sedgh

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2009 Report

    Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress

    Susheela Singh, Deirdre Wulf, Rubina Hussain, Akinrinola Bankole and Gilda Sedgh

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • September 2009 Report

    A Real-Time Look at the Impact of the Recession on Women’s Family Planning and Pregnancy Decisions

    Global

    • Pregnancy

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Over the past three decades, the proportion of unintended pregnancies ending in abortion has increased in countries where more legal restrictions are in place, and where it may be harder to access safe abortion services.

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