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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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  • News Release

    Abortion Is a Common Experience for U.S. Women, Despite Dramatic Declines in Rates

  • Fact Sheet

    Induced Abortion in the United States

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    State Laws and Policies

    An Overview of Abortion Laws

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 59%

    of women obtaining abortions are mothers
  • 1.06M

    abortions performed in the United States in 2011
  • 37

    states require parental involvement before a minor obtains an abortion

The Latest

  • October 2016 News Release

    Fungibility-Based Attacks on Family Planning Services Are Flawed, Hypocritical and Harmful to Women

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • October 2016 Policy Analysis

    “Fungibility”: The Argument at the Center of a 40-Year Campaign to Undermine Reproductive Health and Rights

    Joerg Dreweke,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • September 2016 News in Context

    40 Years Is Enough: Let’s End the Harmful and Unjust Hyde Amendment

    Ann M. Starrs

    United States

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

    40 Years Is Enough: Let’s End the Harmful and Unjust Hyde Amendment

    Ann M. Starrs,Huffington Post

    United States

    • Abortion
  • September 2016 Fact Sheet

    State Facts on Publicly Funded Family Planning Services

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • August 2016 News Release

    Most Patients Able to Obtain an Abortion Within One Week of Calling for an Appointment; Nearly One in 10 Wait More Than Two Weeks

    United States

    • Abortion
  • August 2016 Report

    Time to Appointment and Delays in Accessing Care Among U.S. Abortion Patients

    Rachel K. JonesandJenna Jerman

    United States

    • Abortion
  • July 2016 Infographic

    The 334 abortion restrictions enacted by states from 2011 to July 2016 account for 30% of all abortion restrictions since Roe v. Wade.

    United States

    • Abortion
  • July 2016 Policy Analysis

    Laws Affecting Reproductive Health and Rights: State Trends at Midyear, 2016

    Elizabeth Nash,Rachel Benson Gold,Zohra Ansari-Thomas,Olivia CappelloandLizamarie Mohammed

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • July 2016 Policy Analysis

    Abortion in the Lives of Women Struggling Financially: Why Insurance Coverage Matters

    Heather D. Boonstra,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion

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Abortions in the United States are happening earlier in pregnancy than they used to: More than six in 10 occur within the first eight weeks of pregnancy, and more than three in 10 take place at six weeks or earlier. Medication abortion helps make this possible

Rachel K. Jones

Principal Research Scientist

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