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  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
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  • Policy analysis
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US Policy on Adolescents

Adolescents in the United States and around the world need and have a right to comprehensive, inclusive, and evidence-based sexual and reproductive health services and educational materials. The Guttmacher Institute’s analyses examine issues that affect adolescents, such as the need for comprehensive sex education, the harms of abstinence-only programs, and the importance of access to the full range of confidential sexual and reproductive health counseling and care, including abortion.

  1. March 2021 Opinion

    The Next Federal Budget Matters a Lot for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights—Here’s What to Look Out for

    Zara Ahmed
  2. February 2021 Policy Analysis

    Adolescents Deserve Better: What the Biden-Harris Administration and Congress Can Do to Bolster Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health

    Leah H. Keller Guttmacher Policy Review
  3. January 2021 Opinion

    Has Sex Ed Even Changed From the ‘Bridgerton’ Era to Today?

    Laura D. Lindberg Rewire
  4. December 2020 Research Article

    Sex Education: Broadening the Definition of Relevant Outcomes

    Leslie M. Kantor, Laura D. Lindberg, Yara Tashkandi, Jennifer S. Hirsch and John S. Santelli Journal of Adolescent Health
  5. December 2020 Report

    Assessing State-Level Variations in High School Students’ Sexual and Contraceptive Behavior: The 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys

    Laura D. Lindberg, Zoe H. Pleasure and Ayana Douglas-Hall
  6. November 2020 Research Article

    Sexual orientation-related differences in contraceptive use: a brief report based on a cohort of adolescent and young women

    Brittany M. Charlton, Colleen A. Reynolds, Elizabeth Janiak, Amy D. DiVasta, Rachel K. Jones, Jorge E. Chavarro, Vishnudas Sarda and S. Bryn Austin Contraception
  7. September 2020 Policy Analysis

    2021 and Beyond: Key Federal Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues

    Leah H. Keller, Lauren Cross and Zara Ahmed
  8. September 2020 Opinion

    Age is More Than a Number: High Infant Mortality Among Births to Teen Mothers

    Aletha Y. Akers Ms. Magazine
  9. August 2020 Policy Analysis

    From Bad to Worse: The COVID-19 Pandemic Risks Further Undermining Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Many Countries

    Sophia Sadinsky, Alan Jarandilla Nuñez, Sandra Nabulega, Taylor Riley, Zara Ahmed and Elizabeth A. Sully
  10. August 2020 Research Article

    Parent, partner and individual contexts of very early first sex experiences among young men and their links to subsequent reproductive health outcomes

    Asari Offiong, Laura D. Lindberg, Jacky M. Jennings, Patricia J. Dittus and Arik V. Marcell Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care

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