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Highlights

  • 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

Reports

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  • U.S.

Articles

  • Global research
  • U.S. research
  • Policy analysis
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  • Op-eds & external blogs

Fact Sheets

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  • U.S. State Laws and Policies

Data & Visualizations

  • Data center
  • Infographics
  • Public-use data sets

Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Global

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

U.S.

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • 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

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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
  • 862K

    abortions performed in the United States in 2017
  • 59%

    of women obtaining abortions are mothers

Resources

  • Twice as many abortion patients are eligible for medication abortion following the 2016 FDA label change
    June 2016 News in Context

    The Public Health Implications of the FDA Update to the Medication Abortion Label

    Rachel K. Jones and Heather D. Boonstra

    United States

    • Abortion
  • The overall number of U.S. abortions continues to decline, while the proportion that are medication abortion increases
    June 2016 Infographic

    The overall number of U.S. abortions continues to decline, while the proportion that are medication abortion increases

    United States

    • Abortion
  • June 2016 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    The Public Health Implications of the FDA Update to the Medication Abortion Label

    Rachel K. Jones and Heather D. Boonstra,Health Affairs Blog

    United States

    • Abortion
  • Abortion has shifted earlier within the first trimester
    June 2016 Infographic

    Abortion has shifted earlier within the first trimester

    United States

    • Abortion
  • Twice as many abortion patients are eligible for medication abortion following the 2016 FDA label change
    June 2016 Infographic

    Twice as many abortion patients are eligible for medication abortion following the 2016 FDA label change

    United States

    • Abortion
  • June 2016 Policy Analysis

    How Might State Innovations in Health Reform Affect Sexual and Reproductive Health Care?

    Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • May 2016 News Release

    In Countering Zika, Women’s Right to Self-Determination Must Be Central

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
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  • 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

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2016 Report

    Characteristics of U.S. Abortion Patients in 2014 and Changes Since 2008

    Jenna Jerman, Rachel K. Jones and Tsuyoshi Onda

    United States

    • Abortion
  • U.S. Abortion Patients
    May 2016 News Release

    Abortion Patients More Likely to be Poor in 2014 than in 2008

    United States

    • Abortion

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Abortions in the United States are happening earlier in pregnancy than they used to: Two-thirds occur within the first eight weeks of pregnancy. Medication abortion helps make this possible.

Rachel K. Jones

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