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Highlights

  • Roe v. Wade Overturned
  • COVID-19 impact
  • Reproductive Health Impact Study
  • Adding It Up
  • Abortion Worldwide
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
  • U.S. policy resources
  • State policy resources
  • State legislation tracker

Reports

  • Global
  • U.S.

Articles

  • Global research
  • U.S. research
  • Policy analysis
  • Guttmacher Policy Review
  • Op-eds & external blogs

Fact Sheets

  • Global
  • U.S.
  • U.S. State Laws and Policies

Data & Visualizations

  • Data center
  • Infographics
  • Public-use data sets

Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Global

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

U.S.

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

Our Work By Geography

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  • Africa
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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
  • State Policies on Teens
  • Research Article

    Trends in U.S. Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use, 2006-2019

  • Report

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

  • Fact Sheet

    Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in the United States

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 66%

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

    average age at first sex in the United States
  • 37

    states require parental consent for minors seeking abortions

Resources

  • January 2019 Research Article

    Trends in Receipt of Contraceptive Services: Young Women in the U.S., 2002–2015

    Jennifer J. Frost and Laura D. Lindberg,American Journal of Preventive Medicine

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • November 2018 Policy Analysis

    Ensuring Adolescents’ Ability to Obtain Confidential Family Planning Services in Title X

    Kinsey Hasstedt,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • September 2018 Policy Analysis

    A Time to Lead: A Roadmap for Progress on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Worldwide

    Jesseca Boyer,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • September 2018 Report

    Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive and Condom Use Among U.S. High School Students, 2013‒2017

    Elizabeth Witwer, Rachel K. Jones and Laura D. Lindberg

    United States

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Teens
  • September 2018 News Release

    Most Sexually Active U.S. High School Students Make Decisions That Support Their Sexual Health

    United States

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Teens
  • August 2018 News Release

    Improvements in Contraceptive Use Continue to Drive Declines in Pregnancy Among U.S. Adolescents

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • August 2018 Research Article

    Changing Patterns of Contraceptive Use and the Decline in Rates of Pregnancy and Birth Among U.S. Adolescents, 2007–2014

    Laura D. Lindberg, John S. Santelli and Sheila Desai,Journal of Adolescent Health

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • July 2018 Policy Analysis

    Proposed Changes to the Title X National Family Planning Program: Guttmacher Institute Comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • 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

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A lack of adequate and consistent resources can affect any of the services that school-based health centers provide, not just contraceptive services. Coupled with the seemingly ever-rising cost of contraceptive supplies to health care providers, it may make expanding the range of reproductive health services for students even more difficult

Heather D. Boonstra

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