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  • Roe v. Wade in Peril
  • 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

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  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Global

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

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  • HIV & STIs
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Asia

The Guttmacher Institute’s work in Asia has focused primarily on estimating the incidence of abortion and unintended pregnancy, documenting the health consequences of unsafe abortion, assessing the reach and quality of postabortion care, and exploring ways in which misoprostol is obtained online.

The Institute's ongoing Adding It Up project provides estimates (regional, subregional and country-specific) of the needs among women in low- and middle-income Asian countries for modern contraception, maternal and newborn care, and abortion-related services. This work also estimates the costs and impacts of meeting these needs, providing policymakers across the region with evidence that investment in improving and increasing the provision of sexual and reproductive health services saves lives, improves women’s health and well-being, and has broad societal benefits.

In addition, the Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide study has produced model-based estimates of the incidence of unintended pregnancy and abortion for all Asian countries and territories over the period 1990–2019. Such estimates provide an opportunity to assess trends in unintended pregnancy and abor­tion over time for individual countries and territories, as well as regionally and globally.

Explore data and resources for 40 Asian countries using the “Select a country profile” box on this page.

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  • News Release

    Guttmacher Institute Releases Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles for More Than 130 Countries

  • Report

    Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Six Indian States: Findings and Implications for Policies and Programs

  • Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Asia

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 35.5M

    abortions were performed annually in Asia in 2010–2014
  • 132M

    women in Asia want to avoid pregnancy but are not using a modern contraceptive method
  • 539,000

    unintended pregnancies occur each year in Nepal

Resources

  • March 2018 Fact Sheet

    Abortion in Asia

    Global

    • Abortion
  • Graph: Abortion rates remained steady in developing regions from 1990 to 2014, while declining in developed regions
    March 2018 Infographic

    Changes in worldwide abortion rates from 1990 to 2014

    Global

    • Abortion
  • Graph: Women in low-income countries are most likely to have an unsafe abortion
    March 2018 Infographic

    Variations in safety of abortions across countries by income level

    Global

    • Abortion
  • Graph: Unintended pregnancy has declined as the use of modern contraceptives has increased
    March 2018 Infographic

    Declines in unintended pregnancy rates worldwide from 1990 to 2014

    Global

    • Abortion
  • Decision makers should liberalize abortion laws & promote updated clinical guidelines for safe abortion and postabortion care
    March 2018 Infographic

    Recommendations to reduce the impact of unsafe abortion

    Global

    • Abortion
  • March 2018 Policy Analysis

    The Roadmap to Safe Abortion Worldwide: Lessons from New Global Trends on Incidence, Legality and Safety

    Sneha Barot,Guttmacher Policy Review

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • March 2018 Report

    Abortion Worldwide 2017: Uneven Progress and Unequal Access

    Susheela Singh, Lisa Remez, Gilda Sedgh, Lorraine Kwok and Tsuyoshi Onda

    Global

    • Abortion
  • March 2018 Report

    Abortion Worldwide 2017—Executive Summary

    Global

    • Abortion
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    March 2018 Research Article

    Global, Regional, and Subregional Trends in Unintended Pregnancy and Its Outcomes from 1990 to 2014: Estimates from a Bayesian Hierarchical Model

    Jonathan Bearak, Anna Popinchalk, Leontine Alkema and Gilda Sedgh,The Lancet Global Health

    Global

    • Pregnancy
  • Picture shows world map
    March 2018 News Release

    Unintended Pregnancy Rates Declined Globally from 1990 to 2014

    Global

    • Pregnancy

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Nepal has made significant progress in expanding safe and legal abortion services, but women still face barriers to care, including lack of knowledge about the legal status of abortion or where to obtain services, stigma, and difficulties related to traveling to or paying for services

Rubina Hussain

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Guttmacher Institute
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