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United States Pregnancy

State Policies on Pregnancy

The Guttmacher Institute monitors and analyzes legislation, regulation and judicial action related to state policy developments on pregnancy and pregnancy-related services. This effort is used to prepare monthly updates on new policy developments and the status of state laws and policies.

  • Unintended Pregnancy
  • State Policies on Pregnancy
  • Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends 2019: A Wave of Abortion Bans, But Some States Are Fighting Back

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    State Laws and Policies

    Substance Use During Pregnancy

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Top Facts & Statistics

  • 36

    states and DC explicitly permit all or some minors to consent to prenatal care
  • 58%

    of women 13–44 live in a state hostile or extremely hostile to abortion rights
  • $13.6B

    net savings from public investment in family planning services in 2010

Resources

  • U.S. map with text "State Laws and Policies"
    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    Substance Use During Pregnancy

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    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    Minors’ Access to Prenatal Care

    United States

    • Pregnancy
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    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    Maternal Mortality Review Committees

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  • U.S. map with text "State Laws and Policies"
    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    An Overview of Consent to Reproductive Health Services by Young People

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    • Abortion
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  • U.S. map with text "State Laws and Policies"
    January 1, 2021 State Laws and Policies

    Infant Abandonment

    United States

    • Pregnancy
  • December 2020 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends 2020: Reproductive Health and Rights in a Year Like No Other

    Elizabeth Nash, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello and Sophia Naide

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2020 Policy Analysis

    Surveying State Executive Orders Impacting Reproductive Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Olivia Cappello

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
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  • July 2020 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends at Mid-Year 2020: Reproductive Health and Rights Take a Back Seat to Pandemic

    Elizabeth Nash, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello and Sophia Naide

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2020 Policy Analysis

    Ten Things State Policymakers Can Do to Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Elizabeth Nash, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello and Sophia Naide

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • If abortion care in Oklahoma shut down, the average driving distance to a clinic would increase 1,007% each way from 14 miles to 155 miles
    April 2020 Infographic

    Driving distance to an abortion clinic in Oklahoma would increase dramatically after a COVID-19 abortion ban

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy

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