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  • Roe v. Wade Overturned
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Massachusetts

The Guttmacher Institute collects state-level data on publicly funded family planning services, unintended and teen pregnancy, and abortion. The Institute also tracks and analyzes state policies regarding abortion rights and access, minors’ access to services, funding for contraceptive services, sex and HIV education, and other topics related to sexual and reproductive health and rights.

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  • Fact Sheet

    State Facts About Abortion

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  • Fact Sheet

    State Facts About Unintended Pregnancy

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 58%

    of women 13–44 live in a state hostile or extremely hostile to abortion rights
  • 50

    states (and DC) allow all or most minors to consent to STI services
  • 38%

    of women 13–44 live in a state supportive of abortion rights

Resources

  • October 2017 Infographic

    Abortion rates by race and ethnicity

    United States

    • Abortion
  • October 2017 Policy Analysis

    Publicly Funded Family Planning Under Unprecedented Attack

    Rachel Benson Gold and Kinsey Hasstedt,American Journal of Public Health

    United States

    • Contraception
  • October 2017 News Release

    Overall Contraceptive Use in the United States Remained Steady from 2008 to 2014

    United States

    • Contraception
  • October 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Despite Leaving Key Questions Unanswered, New Contraceptive Coverage Exemptions Will Do Clear Harm

    Adam Sonfield,Health Affairs Blog

    United States

    • Contraception
  • October 2017 Research Article

    Contraceptive method use in the United States: Trends and characteristics between 2008, 2012 and 2014

    Megan L. Kavanaugh and Jenna Jerman,Contraception

    United States

    • Contraception
  • October 2017 Policy Analysis

    Efforts to Transform the Nature of Medicaid Could Undermine Access to Reproductive Health Care

    Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • October 2017 News Release

    Although Many U.S. Women of Reproductive Age Live Close to an Abortion Clinic, A Substantial Minority Would Need to Travel Far to Access Services

    United States

    • Abortion
  • October 2017 Research Article

    Disparities and change over time in distance women would need to travel to have an abortion in the USA: a spatial analysis

    Jonathan Bearak, Kristen Burke and Rachel K. Jones,The Lancet Public Health

    United States

    • Abortion
  • October 2017 Infographic

    How far would U.S. women need to travel to access abortion?

    United States

    • Abortion
  • October 2017 Policy Analysis

    Postabortion Contraception: Emerging Opportunities and Barriers

    Megan K. Donovan,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy

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