United States

37

states require parental involvement before a minor obtains an abortion

59_%

of women obtaining abortions are mothers

Resources

February 2018 Policy Analysis
New Name, Same Harm: Rebranding of Federal Abstinence-Only Programs

Jesseca Boyer Guttmacher Policy Review
February 2018 News Release
Many Young Women in the United States Turn to Google for Information on Self-Abortion
February 2018 Research Article
What Are People Looking For When They Google “Self-Abortion”?

Jenna Jerman, Tsuyoshi Onda and Rachel K. Jones Contraception
February 2018 News Release
Key Indicators of Sexual and Reproductive Health Differ for Immigrant and U.S.-Born Women of the Same Race and Ethnicity
February 2018 Infographic
Title X Makes a Difference: 2015
February 2018 Research Article
The Sexual and Reproductive Health of Foreign-Born Women in the United States

Athena Tapales, Ayana Douglas-Hall and Hannah Whitehead Contraception
February 2018 Evidence You Can Use
Family Planning Funding Restrictions
February 2018 Policy Analysis
Coercion Is at the Heart of Social Conservatives’ Reproductive Health Agenda

Joerg Dreweke Guttmacher Policy Review
January 2018 Opinion
Taking Stock of Year One of the Trump Administration’s Harmful Agenda Against Reproductive Health and Rights

Kinsey Hasstedt and Heather D. Boonstra Rewire
January 2018 Policy Analysis
Dramatic Gains in Insurance Coverage for Women of Reproductive Age Are Now in Jeopardy

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Nearly 90% of abortions in the United States take place in the first trimester.

Rachel K. Jones

Principal Research Scientist