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US Policy on Maternal Health

Women in the United States and across the world have a right to affordable, comprehensive pregnancy-related care and to seek and achieve healthy pregnancies. The Guttmacher Institute’s analyses examine the role of domestic and international policies administered by the US government that impact prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care.

  1. June 2017 Policy Analysis

    No One Benefits If Women Lose Coverage for Maternity Care

    Adam Sonfield Guttmacher Policy Review
  2. June 2017 Policy Analysis

    When Antiabortion Ideology Turns into Foreign Policy: How the Global Gag Rule Erodes Health, Ethics and Democracy

    Sneha Barot Guttmacher Policy Review
  3. May 2017 Policy Analysis

    Just the Numbers: The Impact of U.S. International Family Planning Assistance, 2017

  4. April 2017 Policy Analysis

    How Dismantling the ACA’s Marketplace Coverage Would Impact Sexual and Reproductive Health

    Kinsey Hasstedt Guttmacher Policy Review
  5. March 2017 Policy Analysis

    Why Protecting Medicaid Means Protecting Sexual and Reproductive Health

    Adam Sonfield Guttmacher Policy Review
  6. February 2017 Policy Analysis

    In a State of Crisis: Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women in Humanitarian Situations

    Sneha Barot Guttmacher Policy Review
  7. February 2017 Opinion

    The Trump global gag rule: an attack on U.S. family planning and global health aid

    Ann M. Starrs The Lancet
  8. July 2016 Policy Analysis

    Understanding Intimate Partner Violence as a Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Issue in the United States

    Kinsey Hasstedt and Andrea Rowan Guttmacher Policy Review
  9. May 2016 Policy Analysis

    Countering Zika Globally and in the United States: Women’s Right to Self-Determination Must Be Central

    Joerg Dreweke Guttmacher Policy Review
  10. December 2013 Policy Analysis

    A Common Cause: Faith-Based Organizations and Promoting Access to Family Planning in the Developing World

    Sneha Barot Guttmacher Policy Review

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