United States

Teens

As a leading authority on teen reproductive health, the Guttmacher Institute estimates national and state-level teen pregnancy rates; documents teens’ access to sexual and reproductive health information and services; and promotes fact-based, comprehensive sex education and youth-friendly, confidential services.

News Release

Confidentiality Concerns May Deter U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults from Obtaining Contraceptive Care
Research Article

Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage: An Updated Review of U.S. Policies and Programs and Their Impact
Report

Pregnancies, Births and Abortions Among Adolescents and Young Women in the United States, 2013: National and State Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity

Top Facts & Statistics

Resources

June 2018 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
A Domestic Gag Rule and More: The Administration’s Proposed Changes to Title X

Kinsey Hasstedt,Health Affairs Blog
United States
Abortion
Contraception
Teens
May 2018 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Was on the Right Track, Now It’s Being Dismantled

Jesseca Boyer,Health Affairs Blog
United States
Teens
May 2018 News in Context
The Trump Administration’s Irresponsible Use of Research in Pushing Its Abstinence-Only Agenda into Title X

Laura D. LindbergandKinsey Hasstedt
United States
Contraception
HIV & STIs
Teens
April 2018 Fact Sheet
State Facts on Publicly Funded Family Planning Services
United States
Abortion
Contraception
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
February 2018 Policy Analysis
New Name, Same Harm: Rebranding of Federal Abstinence-Only Programs

Jesseca Boyer,Guttmacher Policy Review
United States
HIV & STIs
Teens
February 2018 Policy Analysis
Coercion Is at the Heart of Social Conservatives’ Reproductive Health Agenda

Joerg Dreweke,Guttmacher Policy Review
United States
Abortion
Contraception
Pregnancy
Teens
January 2018 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
Taking Stock of Year One of the Trump Administration’s Harmful Agenda Against Reproductive Health and Rights

Kinsey HasstedtandHeather D. Boonstra,Rewire
United States
Abortion
Contraception
Teens
January 2018 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
High Schoolers Are Waiting Longer To Have Sex — Let’s Give Them the Information They Need

Laura D. LindbergandJesseca Boyer,The Hill
United States
HIV & STIs
Pregnancy
Teens
December 2017 Fact Sheet
American Adolescents’ Sources of Sexual Health Information
United States
Teens

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Too many teens fall in the gap between parents and schools, with no reliable source of sexual health information.

Laura D. Lindberg

Principal Research Scientist

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Teens

Confidentiality Concerns May Deter U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults from Obtaining Contraceptive Care

Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage: An Updated Review of U.S. Policies and Programs and Their Impact

Pregnancies, Births and Abortions Among Adolescents and Young Women in the United States, 2013: National and State Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity

Top Facts & Statistics

Resources

A Domestic Gag Rule and More: The Administration’s Proposed Changes to Title X

United States

The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Was on the Right Track, Now It’s Being Dismantled

United States

The Trump Administration’s Irresponsible Use of Research in Pushing Its Abstinence-Only Agenda into Title X

United States

State Facts on Publicly Funded Family Planning Services

United States

Policy Trends in the States: First Quarter 2018

United States

New Name, Same Harm: Rebranding of Federal Abstinence-Only Programs

United States

Coercion Is at the Heart of Social Conservatives’ Reproductive Health Agenda

United States

Taking Stock of Year One of the Trump Administration’s Harmful Agenda Against Reproductive Health and Rights

United States

High Schoolers Are Waiting Longer To Have Sex — Let’s Give Them the Information They Need

United States

American Adolescents’ Sources of Sexual Health Information

United States

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Laura D. Lindberg

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