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Highlights

  • Roe v. Wade Overturned
  • 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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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

  • 63%

    approximate reduction in adolescent maternal deaths in LMICs if all need for sexual and reproductive health services were met
  • $3.00

    reduction in cost of maternal, newborn and abortion care for every $1 spent on contraceptive services beyond the current level
  • 49%

    pregnanies in LMICs are unintended

Resources

  • February 2021 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Caribbean

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2020 Report

    De l’avortement non sécurisé à sécurisé en Afrique subsaharienne: des progrès lents mais constants

    Akinrinola Bankole, Lisa Remez, Onikepe Owolabi, Jesse Philbin and Patrice Williams

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2020 Report

    From Unsafe to Safe Abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa: Slow but Steady Progress

    Akinrinola Bankole, Lisa Remez, Onikepe Owolabi, Jesse Philbin and Patrice Williams

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    L’avortement en Afrique subsaharienne

    Global

    • Abortion
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    • Pregnancy
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive en Afrique

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Eastern Africa

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive en Afrique de l’Ouest

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Middle Africa

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Northern Africa

    Global

    • Abortion
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    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens

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Unintended pregnancy rates remain higher in developing regions than in developed regions. Continued investments are critical to meet the family planning needs of women and couples everywhere.

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