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Highlights

  • 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
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Global

  • Abortion
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  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

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  • Abortion
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Global Abortion

Legality and Safety

The Guttmacher Institute conducts research to determine the incidence of abortion at the national, regional and global levels. The Institute has developed a widely published methodology to measure the incidence of the practice in countries where abortion is restricted by law and where the majority of abortions are clandestine and likely unsafe.

  • Legality and Safety
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  • Infographic

    The percentage of unintended pregnancies ending in abortion has increased in countries where abortion is restricted

  • Research Article

    Unintended pregnancy and abortion by income, region, and the legal status of abortion: estimates from a comprehensive model for 1990-2019

  • News Release

    New Estimates Show Worldwide Decrease in Unintended Pregnancies

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 32

    abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-49 occurred annually in high income countries where abortion is restricted, 2015-2019
  • 39

    abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-49 occurred annually in low-income countries where abortion is restricted, 2015-2019
  • 50%

    of unintended pregnancies ended in abortion annually in 2015-2019 in countries that restrict abortion

Resources

  • May 2013 News Release

    In Tanzania, Unsafe Abortion Is a Leading Cause of Maternal Injury and Death

    Global

    • Abortion
  • March 2013 Report

    The Social and Economic Benefits of Women’s Ability To Determine Whether and When to Have Children

    Adam Sonfield, Kinsey Hasstedt, Megan L. Kavanaugh and Ragnar Anderson

    Global

    • Abortion
  • February 2013 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in Uganda

    Rubina Hussain

    Global

    • Abortion
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  • January 2013 News Release

    In Ghana, Inequities in Access to Safe Abortion Services Keep Unsafe Abortion Rates Stubbornly High

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    • Abortion
  • January 2013 Report

    Unsafe Abortion in Tanzania: A Review of the Evidence

    Vanessa Woog

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  • December 2012 Research Article

    The health system cost of post-abortion care in Uganda

    Aparna Sundaram, Michael Vlassoff, Akinrinola Bankole and Susheela Singh,Health Policy and Planning

    Global

    • Abortion
  • December 2012 Research Article

    Factors Associated with Abortion-Seeking and Obtaining a Safe Abortion in Ghana

    Aparna Sundaram, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole and Fatima Juárez,Studies in Family Planning

    Global

    • Abortion
  • October 2012 Policy Analysis

    Access to Safe Abortion in the Developing World: Saving Lives While Advancing Rights

    Susan A. Cohen,Guttmacher Policy Review

    Global

    • Abortion
  • October 2012 Report

    Menstrual Regulation, Unsafe Abortion And Maternal Health in Bangladesh

    Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Susheela Singh and Lisa Remez

    Global

    • Abortion
  • September 2012 Report

    Menstrual Regulation and Postabortion Care in Bangladesh: Factors Associated with Access to and Quality of Services

    Michael Vlassoff, Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Susheela Singh and Hadayeat Ullah Bhuiyan

    Global

    • Abortion

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Disparities in unintended pregnancy and abortion among low-, middle- and high-income countries reflect a need for greater action by policymakers at all levels to achieve global equity in sexual and reproductive health

Elizabeth A. Sully

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