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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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State Facts About Abortion
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July 2016 Infographic
The 334 abortion restrictions enacted by states from 2011 to July 2016 account for 30% of all abortion restrictions since Roe v. Wade.
United States
Abortion
July 2016 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
Legislators Have Introduced 445 Provisions to Restrict Abortion So Far This Year

Elizabeth Nash, Rachel Benson Gold, Zohra Ansari-Thomas, Olivia Cappello and Lizamarie Mohammed,Rewire
United States
Abortion
Contraception
HIV & STIs
Pregnancy
July 2016 Policy Analysis
Abortion in the Lives of Women Struggling Financially: Why Insurance Coverage Matters

Heather D. Boonstra,Guttmacher Policy Review
United States
Abortion
July 2016 News Release
Efforts Aimed at Repealing the Hyde Amendment Gain Momentum
United States
Abortion
June 2016 Infographic
Twice as many abortion patients are eligible for medication abortion following the 2016 FDA label change
United States
Abortion
June 2016 Infographic
The overall number of U.S. abortions continues to decline, while the proportion that are medication abortion increases
United States
Abortion
June 2016 Infographic
Abortion has shifted earlier within the first trimester
United States
Abortion
May 2016 News Release
In Countering Zika, Women’s Right to Self-Determination Must Be Central
United States
Abortion
Contraception
Pregnancy
Global
Abortion
Contraception
Pregnancy
May 2016 Policy Analysis
Countering Zika Globally and in the United States: Women’s Right to Self-Determination Must Be Central

Joerg Dreweke,Guttmacher Policy Review
United States
Abortion
Contraception
Pregnancy
Global
Abortion
Contraception
Pregnancy
May 2016 News Release
Abortion Patients More Likely to be Poor in 2014 than in 2008
United States
Abortion

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Hear From An Expert

The antiabortion movement has long been an evidence-free zone and many of its signature initiatives and proposals are devoid of any factual foundation.

Elizabeth Nash

Principal Policy Associate, State Issues

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