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  • Reproductive Health Impact Study
  • Adding It Up
  • Abortion Worldwide
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
  • US policy resources
  • State policy resources
  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (1975–2020)
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (1969–2020)

Reports

  • Global
  • United States

Articles

  • Global research
  • US research
  • Policy analysis
  • Guttmacher Policy Review
  • Opinion

Fact Sheets

  • Global
  • United States
  • US State Laws and Policies

Tools

  • Interactive Map: US Abortion Policies and Access After Roe
  • Family Planning Investment Impact Calculator
  • Monthly Abortion Provision Study Dashboard
  • State legislation tracker
  • Public-use data sets

Global

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

US

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  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

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Principal Federal Policy Advisor

Anna Bernstein

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Anna Bernstein joined the Guttmacher Institute in 2024. She leads work on domestic abortion access policy at the federal level, including advocacy and analysis to ensure that policies are grounded in evidence. Prior to joining Guttmacher, she served as Deputy Director of Health Equity at The Century Foundation, leading a portfolio of reproductive and maternal health issues. Ms. Bernstein has previously held positions at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Planned Parenthood Global and Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health. She received her MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her BA from Tufts University. Ms. Bernstein volunteers as a case manager for the DC Abortion Fund.

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Selected Publications

  1. An outline of the United States with 8 states with telemedicine shield laws highlighted in yellow. Those states are N Y, M A, W A, V T, C A, C O, R I and M E.
    September 2025 Policy Analysis

    Attacks on Shield Laws Are the Next Step in Criminalizing Abortion Care

    Anna Bernstein, Kimya Forouzan and Emma Stoskopf-Ehrlich
  2. A violet background with an image of the white house in the center.
    April 2025 Policy Analysis

    The First 100 Days of the Trump-Vance Administration: Attacks on Reproductive Freedom and Scientific Evidence

    Amy Friedrich-Karnik, Anna Bernstein and Emma Stoskopf-Ehrlich
  3. An image of the White House with a blue background
    January 2025 Fact Sheet

    A Guide to US Federal Agencies and Their Impact on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

  4. An image of the United States of America with outlines of the states
    November 2024 Policy Analysis

    10 Reasons a Second Trump Presidency Will Decimate Sexual and Reproductive Health

    Anna Bernstein, Amy Friedrich-Karnik and Samira Damavandi
  5. An image of an hour glass depicting time running out
    October 2024 Policy Analysis

    Why Six-Week Abortion Bans Make It Impossible for Many People to Get Care

    Doris W. Chiu, Anna Bernstein, Alice F. Cartwright and Rachel K. Jones
  6. Image of two papers and a pen writing
    October 2024 Fact Sheet

    How Project 2025 Seeks to Obliterate Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

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