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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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  • Abortion
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  • Teens

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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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    State Facts About Unintended Pregnancy

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 38%

    of women 13–44 live in a state supportive of abortion rights
  • 24

    states (and DC) mandate sex education in schools
  • 58%

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

Resources

  • March 2017 Policy Analysis

    The Looming Threat to Sex Education: A Resurgence of Federal Funding for Abstinence-Only Programs?

    Megan K. Donovan,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Teens
  • March 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Conservatives Are Using the American Health Care Act to Restrict Private Insurance from Covering Abortion

    Adam Sonfield,Health Affairs Blog

    United States

    • Abortion
  • March 2017 News Release

    New Study Finds Little Change in Patterns of U.S. Contraceptive Use From 2012 to 2015

    United States

    • Contraception
  • March 2017 Research Article

    Did Contraceptive Use Patterns Change After the Affordable Care Act?: A Descriptive Analysis

    Jonathan Bearak and Rachel K. Jones,Women's Health Issues

    United States

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

    The Coming Assault on Contraceptive Care

    Ann M. Starrs,CNN Opinion

    United States

    • Contraception
  • February 2017 Policy Analysis

    D&E Abortion Bans: The Implications of Banning the Most Common Second-Trimester Procedure

    Megan K. Donovan,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
  • February 2017 Policy Analysis

    States Must Act to Shore Up the Federal Contraceptive Coverage Guarantee

    Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
  • January 2017 Policy Analysis

    Why We Cannot Afford to Undercut the Title X National Family Planning Program

    Kinsey Hasstedt,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • January 2017 News Release

    New Study Explores Characteristics Associated with Early and Second-Trimester Abortions

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2017 News Release

    Contraception and Fewer Unintended Pregnancies Likely Drove 2011–2014 Abortion Decline

    United States

    • Abortion

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There has been a widespread assault on abortion rights and access at the state level. Since 1973, states have enacted well over 1,300 abortion restrictions, with a record 108 new restrictions enacted in 2021 alone.

Elizabeth Nash

Principal Policy Associate, State Issues
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