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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.

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

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    Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in the United States

  • Policy Analysis

    It’s Time for Congress to Give All Young People the Sexual Health Resources They Need to Thrive

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 37

    states require parental consent for minors seeking abortions
  • 66%

    of sexually active U.S. teenage women practice contraception
  • 18

    average age at first sex in the United States

Resources

  • March 2018 Policy Analysis

    “Refusal of Care” Rule: Guttmacher Institute Comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    United States

    • Abortion
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    • 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
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    • 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 Hasstedt and Heather 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. Lindberg and Jesseca Boyer,The Hill

    United States

    • HIV & STIs
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    • Teens
  • December 2017 Fact Sheet

    American Adolescents’ Sources of Sexual Health Information

    United States

    • Teens
  • December 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Despite New Branding, Abstinence-Only Programs Have Same Old Problems

    Laura D. Lindberg and Heather D. Boonstra,The Hill

    United States

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Teens
  • November 2017 News Release

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

    United States

    • Teens
  • November 2017 Research Article

    Adolescents' and Young Adults' Reports of Barriers to Confidential Health Care and Receipt of Contraceptive Services

    Liza Fuentes, Meghan Ingerick, Rachel K. Jones and Laura D. Lindberg,Journal of Adolescent Health

    United States

    • Teens
  • September 2017 Infographic

    Pregnancy Rates Among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults, 1973–2013

    United States

    • Teens

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