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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

  • 31M

    women in LMICs do not deliver their babies in a health facility
  • 43%

    of adolescent women in LMICs who want to avoid a pregnancy have an unmet need for modern contraception
  • 93

    unintended pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15-49 occurred annually in low income countries in 2015-2019

Resources

  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Southern Africa

    Global

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

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

    Global

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

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Africa

    Global

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

    Investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive en Afrique centrale

    Global

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

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Western Africa

    Global

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

    Investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive en Afrique du Nord

    Global

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

    Investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive en Afrique australe

    Global

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

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Asia

    Global

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

    Investing in the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women in India

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

    Severe Maternal Outcomes and Obstetric Care in Kenya

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    • 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.

Ann Biddlecom

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