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states require parental involvement before a minor obtains an abortion

59_%

of women obtaining abortions are mothers

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Unintended pregnancies and abortions averted by Planned Parenthood, 2015
May 2017 News Release
Federally Qualified Health Centers Could Not Readily Replace Planned Parenthood
May 2017 Policy Analysis
Federally Qualified Health Centers: Vital Sources of Care, No Substitute for the Family Planning Safety Net

Kinsey Hasstedt Guttmacher Policy Review
May 2017 Policy Analysis
State Governments Should Help Preserve and Improve Family Planning Under Medicaid

Adam Sonfield Guttmacher Policy Review
May 2017 News Release
With Federal Threats Looming, States Should Protect and Improve Medicaid Family Planning Services
May 2017 Policy Analysis
Flouting the Facts: State Abortion Restrictions Flying in the Face of Science

Rachel Benson Gold and Elizabeth Nash Guttmacher Policy Review
May 2017 News Release
Many Abortion Restrictions Have No Rigorous Scientific Basis
May 2017 Policy Analysis
Just the Numbers: The Impact of U.S. International Family Planning Assistance, 2017
April 2017 News Release
Medicaid Continues to Account for Three-Quarters of U.S. Publicly Funded Family Planning Expenditures
April 2017 Report
Public Funding for Family Planning and Abortion Services, FY 1980–2015

Kinsey Hasstedt, Adam Sonfield and Rachel Benson Gold

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Amid ongoing challenges, reproductive rights supporters have scored key state-level victories on contraceptive access and abortion rights.

Elizabeth Nash

Principal Policy Associate, State Issues

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Unintended pregnancies and abortions averted by Planned Parenthood, 2015

Federally Qualified Health Centers Could Not Readily Replace Planned Parenthood

Federally Qualified Health Centers: Vital Sources of Care, No Substitute for the Family Planning Safety Net

State Governments Should Help Preserve and Improve Family Planning Under Medicaid

With Federal Threats Looming, States Should Protect and Improve Medicaid Family Planning Services

Flouting the Facts: State Abortion Restrictions Flying in the Face of Science

Many Abortion Restrictions Have No Rigorous Scientific Basis

Just the Numbers: The Impact of U.S. International Family Planning Assistance, 2017

Medicaid Continues to Account for Three-Quarters of U.S. Publicly Funded Family Planning Expenditures

Public Funding for Family Planning and Abortion Services, FY 1980–2015

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