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United States Teens

Teen Pregnancy

Although teen pregnancy rates have declined in recent decades, the U.S. rate is still one of the highest in the developed world. By tracking the changing health care landscape and providing quality data and policy analysis, the Guttmacher Institute strives to shed light on U.S. teen pregnancy and on the social and economic factors that contribute to it. Guttmacher promotes policies and programs to enable teens to avoid unintended pregnancy.

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  • State Policies on Teens
  • Report

    Pregnancies, Births and Abortions in the United States, 1973–2017: National and State Trends by Age

  • Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Age is More Than a Number: High Infant Mortality Among Births to Teen Mothers

  • Fact Sheet

    Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in the United States

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 73%

    how much higher the pregnancy rate among 15-19-year-olds would have been without publicly funded family planning
  • 18

    average age at first sex in the United States
  • 75%

    of pregnancies among 15-19-year-olds are unplanned

Resources

  • U.S. map with text "State Laws and Policies"
    August 1, 2022 State Laws and Policies

    Minors’ Rights as Parents

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    • Teens
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    August 1, 2022 State Laws and Policies

    Minors’ Access to Contraceptive Services

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • U.S. map with text "State Laws and Policies"
    August 1, 2022 State Laws and Policies

    Minors’ Access to Prenatal Care

    United States

    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • June 2021 Research Article

    Exploring experience of and engagement in coercive pregnancy behaviors among sexually active young men from five clinics in Baltimore, MD

    Nicholas B. Dimenstein , Laura D. Lindberg, Renata Sanders, Jacky M. Jennings, Lori F. Frohwirth, Patricia Dittus and Arik V. Marcell,Contraception

    United States

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
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    • Teens
  • Contraceptive use is on the rise among U.S. adolescent women aged 15-19, particularly use of long-acting reversible methods
    April 2021 Infographic

    Contraceptive use is on the rise among U.S. adolescent women aged 15-19, particularly use of long-acting reversible methods

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • March 2021 Report

    Pregnancies, Births and Abortions in the United States, 1973–2017: National and State Trends by Age

    Isaac Maddow-Zimet and Kathryn Kost

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • October 2020 Report

    Pregnancies, Births and Abortions in the United States, 1973–2016: National and State Trends by Age

    Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Kathryn Kost and Sean Finn

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • September 2020 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Age is More Than a Number: High Infant Mortality Among Births to Teen Mothers

    Aletha Y. Akers,Ms. Magazine

    United States

    • Teens
  • February 2020 Research Article

    Adolescent Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Pregnancy in Britain and the U.S.: A Multidecade Comparison

    Laura D. Lindberg, Kaye Wellings and Rachel H. Scott,Journal of Adolescent Health

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • September 2019 Fact Sheet

    Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in the United States

    United States

    • Teens

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School-based health centers can play a key role in addressing unplanned teen pregnancy, and failing to provide contraceptive services on-site, for whatever reason, is self-defeating. We know contraception has been the main driver of the steep decline in the U.S. pregnancy rate among 15-19-year-olds, which is why it’s so important to give students easy access to the information and services they need

Heather D. Boonstra

Vice President for Public Policy

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