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  • Roe v. Wade Overturned
  • COVID-19 impact
  • Reproductive Health Impact Study
  • Adding It Up
  • Abortion Worldwide
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
  • U.S. policy resources
  • State policy resources
  • State legislation tracker

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  • Abortion
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  • Teens

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United States

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 Overturned: Our Latest Resources

  • Fact Sheet

    Induced Abortion in the United States

  • Policy Analysis

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

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 862K

    abortions performed in the United States in 2017
  • 58%

    of women 13–44 live in a state hostile or extremely hostile to abortion rights
  • 59%

    of women obtaining abortions are mothers

Resources

  • October 2017 Infographic

    How far would U.S. women need to travel to access abortion?

    United States

    • Abortion
  • October 2017 Research Article

    Disparities and change over time in distance women would need to travel to have an abortion in the USA: a spatial analysis

    Jonathan Bearak, Kristen Burke and Rachel K. Jones,The Lancet Public Health

    United States

    • Abortion
  • September 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Congress Should Oppose the 20-Week Abortion Ban

    Heather D. Boonstra,The Hill

    United States

    • Abortion
  • September 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Graham-Cassidy Continues Efforts To Bar Private Insurance Coverage Of Abortion

    Adam Sonfield,Health Affairs Blog

    United States

    • Abortion
  • August 2017 Research Article

    Which Abortion Patients Have Had a Prior Abortion? Findings from the 2014 U.S. Abortion Patient Survey

    Rachel K. Jones, Jenna Jerman and Meghan Ingerick,Journal of Women's Health

    United States

    • Abortion
  • August 2017 News Release

    Many U.S. Abortion Patients Seek Abortion Care More Than Once in a Lifetime

    United States

    • Abortion
  • August 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Lessons from Before Abortion Was Legal

    Rachel Benson Gold and Megan K. Donovan,Scientific American

    United States

    • Abortion
  • July 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    For Women of Color, Access to Vital Health Services Is Threatened

    Marcela Howell and Ann M. Starrs,The Hill's Congress Blog

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2017 Policy Analysis

    Laws Affecting Reproductive Health and Rights: State Policy Trends at Midyear, 2017

    Elizabeth Nash, Rachel Benson Gold, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello and Zohra Ansari-Thomas

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • June 2017 Infographic

    Unintended pregnancies and abortions averted by Planned Parenthood, 2015

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception

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The antiabortion movement has long been an evidence-free zone and many of its signature initiatives and proposals are devoid of any factual foundation.

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