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.

Policy Analysis

Policy Trends in the States: First Quarter 2018
State Laws and Policies

Substance Use During Pregnancy
State Laws and Policies Overview

Top Facts & Statistics

Resources

May 1, 2019 State Laws and Policies
An Overview of Consent to Reproductive Health Services by Young People
United States
Abortion
Contraception
HIV & STIs
Pregnancy
Teens
May 1, 2019 State Laws and Policies
Infant Abandonment
United States
Pregnancy
May 1, 2019 State Laws and Policies
Substance Use During Pregnancy
United States
Pregnancy
May 1, 2019 State Laws and Policies
Minors’ Access to Prenatal Care
United States
Pregnancy
Teens
April 2019 Policy Analysis
Radical Attempts to Ban Abortion Dominate State Policy Trends in the First Quarter of 2019

Elizabeth Nash,Olivia Cappello,Sophia Naide,Lizamarie MohammedandZohra Ansari-Thomas
United States
Abortion
Contraception
HIV & STIs
Pregnancy
Teens
April 2018 Policy Analysis
Policy Trends in the States: First Quarter 2018

Elizabeth Nash,Lizamarie Mohammed,Zohra Ansari-Thomas,Olivia CappelloandRachel Benson Gold
United States
Abortion
Contraception
HIV & STIs
Pregnancy
Teens
January 2018 Infographic
Trends in Reproductive Health Policies, 2017
United States
Abortion
Contraception
HIV & STIs
Pregnancy
January 2018 Infographic
State Policies Supportive of Reproductive Rights, 2017
United States
Abortion
Contraception
HIV & STIs
Pregnancy
January 2018 Policy Analysis
Policy Trends in the States, 2017

Elizabeth Nash,Rachel Benson Gold,Lizamarie Mohammed,Zohra Ansari-ThomasandOlivia Cappello
United States
Abortion
Contraception
HIV & STIs
Pregnancy
October 2017 Policy Analysis
Efforts to Transform the Nature of Medicaid Could Undermine Access to Reproductive Health Care

Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review
United States
Contraception
HIV & STIs
Pregnancy

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Amid ongoing challenges, reproductive rights supporters have scored key state-level victories on contraceptive access and abortion rights.

Elizabeth Nash

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