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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

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  • Global
  • U.S.

Articles

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

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  • U.S. State Laws and Policies

Data & Visualizations

  • Data center
  • Infographics
  • Public-use data sets

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  • 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

Contraception

When women and their partners have access to a wide range of contraceptive methods, they are better able to plan and space their births. This leads to positive health, social and economic outcomes for women, families and society. The Guttmacher Institute documents the need for, access to and use of contraceptives and provides the evidence base for public investment in high-quality and affordable family planning services that provide a full range of methods, comprehensive and accurate information, and effective counseling.

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    Contraceptive Use in the United States by Demographics

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    What Federal Policymakers Must Do to Restore and Strengthen a Title X Family Planning Program That Serves All

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 99%

    of sexually active American women 15–44 have used a contraceptive method other than natural family planning
  • 2-12%

    increase in contraceptive users who relied on a long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) method between 2002 and 2012
  • 30

    years the average U.S. woman uses contraceptives to attain her family planning goal of two children

Resources

  • May 2010 Report

    Contraceptive Needs and Services: National and State Data, 2008 Update

    Jennifer J. Frost, Stanley K. Henshaw and Adam Sonfield

    United States

    • Contraception
  • September 2009 Report

    A Real-Time Look at the Impact of the Recession on Women’s Family Planning and Pregnancy Decisions

    United States

    • Contraception
  • July 2009 Research Article

    Changing Behavioral Risk for Pregnancy among High School Students in the United States, 1991-2007

    John S. Santelli, Mark Orr and Laura D. Lindberg,Journal of Adolescent Health

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • June 2009 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Withdrawal as Contraception: Why So Skeptical?

    Rachel K. Jones,Rewire

    United States

    • Contraception
  • June 2009 Research Article

    Better Than Nothing or Savvy Risk-Reduction Practice? The Importance of Withdrawal

    Rachel K. Jones, Julie Fennell, Jenny A. Higgins and Kelly Blanchard,Contraception

    United States

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
  • May 2009 Report

    Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2006

    United States

    • Contraception
  • November 2008 Policy Analysis

    Role of Medicaid Family Planning Waivers and Title X In Enhancing Access to Preconception Care

    Rachel Benson Gold,Women's Health Issues

    United States

    • Contraception
  • October 2008 Research Article

    Discontinuation and Resumption of Contraceptive Use: Results from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth

    Contraception

    United States

    • Contraception
  • October 2008 Research Article

    Trends in U.S. Women's Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services, 1995-2002

    Jennifer J. Frost,American Journal of Public Health

    United States

    • Contraception
  • July 2008 Research Article

    Public and Private Providers' Involvement in Improving Their Patients' Contraceptive Use

    David J. Landry, Junhow Wei and Jennifer J. Frost,Contraception

    United States

    • Contraception

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We’re just beginning to discover the extent to which women use hormonal contraceptives for purposes other than pregnancy prevention. One example is oral contraceptive pills—about 14% of pill users take them solely for noncontraceptive purposes, including menstrual pain relief.

Rachel K. Jones

Principal Research Scientist

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