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  • Roe v. Wade in Peril
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Abortion

The Guttmacher Institute is a primary source for research and policy analysis on abortion in the United States. In many cases, Guttmacher’s data are more comprehensive than state and federal government sources. The Institute’s work examines the incidence of abortion, access to care and barriers to obtaining services, factors underlying women’s decisions to terminate a pregnancy, characteristics of women who have abortions and the conditions under which women obtain them. Guttmacher also tracks abortion-related legislation and policies at the federal and state level, promoting access to abortion services and making an evidence-based case against restrictions that limit access.

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    Roe v. Wade in Peril: Our Latest Resources

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    Induced Abortion in the United States

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    Medication Abortion Now Accounts for More Than Half of All US Abortions

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 24%

    of U.S. women will have an abortion by age 45
  • 58%

    of women 13–44 live in a state hostile or extremely hostile to abortion rights
  • 862K

    abortions performed in the United States in 2017

Resources

  • March 2022 Research Article

    Cross-state travel for abortion care

    Jonathan Bearak and Rachel K. Jones,The Lancet Regional Health - Americas

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    • Abortion
  • March 2022 Policy Analysis

    2022 State Legislative Sessions: Abortion Bans and Restrictions on Medication Abortion Dominate

    Elizabeth Nash, Lauren Cross and Joerg Dreweke

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    • Abortion
  • March 2022 Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in Northern America

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  • February 2022 Policy Analysis

    Medication Abortion Now Accounts for More Than Half of All US Abortions

    Rachel K. Jones, Elizabeth Nash, Lauren Cross, Jesse Philbin and Marielle Kirstein

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2022 Fact Sheet

    State Facts About Abortion: Delaware

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    • Abortion
  • January 2022 Fact Sheet

    State Facts About Abortion: Montana

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    • Abortion
  • January 2022 Fact Sheet

    State Facts About Abortion: Tennessee

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    • Abortion
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    State Facts About Abortion: Indiana

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2022 Fact Sheet

    State Facts About Abortion: Nevada

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2022 Fact Sheet

    State Facts About Abortion: West Virginia

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    • Abortion

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Social conservatives in the U.S. Congress are not just antiabortion but increasingly anti–family planning. The harmful policies these lawmakers are pursuing are based on falsehoods, and are severely undermining the health, rights and autonomy of women around the world.

Heather D. Boonstra

Vice President for Public Policy

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