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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 Unintended Pregnancy

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October 2017 News Release
Overall Contraceptive Use in the United States Remained Steady from 2008 to 2014
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
September 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
Congress Should Oppose the 20-Week Abortion Ban

Heather D. Boonstra,The Hill
United States
Abortion
September 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed
Graham-Cassidy Continues Efforts To Bar Private Insurance Coverage Of Abortion

Adam Sonfield,Health Affairs Blog
United States
Abortion
September 2017 Report
Pregnancies, Births and Abortions Among Adolescents and Young Women in the United States, 2013: National and State Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity

Kathryn Kost, Isaac Maddow-Zimet and Alex Arpaia
United States
Teens

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Hear From An Expert

Allowing medical providers to treat a patient’s partner for an STI without having the partner present can break the cycle of reinfection and greatly improve a patient’s reproductive health

Elizabeth Nash

Principal Policy Associate, State Issues

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