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The Guttmacher Institute collects state-level data on publicly funded family planning services, unintended and teen pregnancy, and abortion. The Institute also tracks and analyzes state policies regarding abortion rights and access, minors’ access to services, funding for contraceptive services, sex and HIV education, and other topics related to sexual and reproductive health and rights.

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State Facts About Abortion

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State Facts About Unintended Pregnancy

58%

of women 13–44 live in a state hostile or extremely hostile to abortion rights

38%

of women 13–44 live in a state supportive of abortion rights

states (and DC) allow all or most minors to consent to STI services

Resources

January 2016 Policy Analysis
2015 Year-End State Policy Roundup

Elizabeth Nash, Rachel Benson Gold, Zohra Ansari-Thomas and Gwendolyn Rathbun
January 2016 Opinion
Attacks on Abortion Rights Continued in 2015, Ensnaring Family Planning Funding and Fetal Tissue Research

Rachel Benson Gold and Elizabeth Nash Rewire
July 2015 Report
Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2013 Update

Jennifer J. Frost, Lori F. Frohwirth and Mia R. Zolna
January 2015 Report
Unintended Pregnancy Rates at the State Level: Estimates for 2010 and Trends Since 2002

Kathryn Kost
August 2014 News Release
Twenty Million American Women In Need Of Publicly Funded Family Planning Services In 2012
July 2014 Infographic
Claim that Most Abortion Clinics Are Located in Black or Hispanic Neighborhoods Is False
June 2014 Policy Analysis
Claim that Most Abortion Clinics Are Located in Black or Hispanic Neighborhoods Is False
February 2014 Research Article
Abortion Incidence and Service Availability In the United States, 2011

Rachel K. Jones and Jenna Jerman Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
January 2014 Policy Analysis
Guttmacher Institute Amicus Brief Filed With the Supreme Court of the United States: Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood v. Sebelius
January 2014 Policy Analysis
Guttmacher Supreme Court Brief Puts Data Front and Center in Support of ACA’s Contraceptive Coverage Guarantee

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There has been a widespread assault on abortion rights and access at the state level. Since 1973, states have enacted well over 1,300 abortion restrictions, with a record 108 new restrictions enacted in 2021 alone.

Elizabeth Nash

Principal Policy Associate, State Issues