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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
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  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

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  • Abortion
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  • Teens

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Abortion

For decades, the Guttmacher Institute has documented the reality of unsafe abortion in the developing world. We have pioneered methodologies to study abortion in countries where it is legally restricted, and our research portfolio includes studies on the incidence of abortion, the factors underlying women’s decisions to end their pregnancies, the conditions under which women obtain abortions, and the health, social and economic consequences of clandestine abortion. Most recently, the Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide study has produced model-based estimates of the incidence of unintended pregnancy and abortion over the period 1990–2019 for 150 countries and territories around the world. Such estimates provide an opportunity to assess trends in unintended pregnancy and abor­tion over time for individual countries and territories, as well as regionally and globally. The Institute supports policies to promote access to safe abortion services worldwide, including through U.S. foreign aid programs.

 

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  • Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide

  • Fact Sheet

    Costs of Postabortion Care in the United Republic of Tanzania

  • Unintended pregnancy and abortion vary across country income groups
    Infographic

    Unintended pregnancy and abortion vary across country income groups

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 33

    abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-49 in Sub-Saharan Africa occurred annually in 2015-2019
  • $3.00

    reduction in cost of maternal, newborn and abortion care for every $1 spent on contraceptive services beyond the current level
  • 32

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

Resources

  • November 2021 Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Among Adolescents in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • November 2021 Fact Sheet

    Grossesse non désirée et avortement chez les adolescentes de Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • November 2021 Research Article

    An Assessment of Third-Party Reporting of Close Ties to Measure Sensitive Behaviors: The Confidante Method to Measure Abortion Incidence in Ethiopia and Uganda

    Margaret Giorgio, Elizabeth A. Sully and Doris W. Chiu,Studies in Family Planning

    Global

    • Abortion
  • October 2021 Research Article

    The infrastructural capacity of Ghanaian health facilities to provide safe abortion and post-abortion care: a cross-sectional study

    Onikepe O. Owolabi, Taylor Riley, Easmon Otupiri, Chelsea Polis and Roderick Larsen-Reindorf,BMC Health Services Research

    Global

    • Abortion
  • September 2021 Fact Sheet

    Costs of Postabortion Care in the United Republic of Tanzania

    Global

    • Abortion
  • September 2021 Research Article

    Unintended pregnancy, induced abortion and abortion care-seeking experiences among adolescents in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional study

    Adesegun O. Fatusi, Taylor Riley, Patrick Kayembe and Crispin Mabika,BMJ Open

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Teens
  • July 2021 Research Article

    The health system costs of post abortion care in Tanzania

    Naomi Lince-Deroche, George Ruhago, Philicia Castillo, Patrice Williams, Projestine Muganyizi and Akinrinola Bankole,BMC Health Services Research

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • July 2021 Research Article

    The state of global abortion data: an overview and call to action

    Anna Popinchalk, Cynthia Beavin and Jonathan Bearak,BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health

    Global

    • Abortion
  • July 2021 Research Article

    Contraceptive and abortion practices of young Ghanaian women aged 15–24: evidence from a nationally representative survey

    Sarah Keogh, Easmon Otupiri, Philicia Castillo, Naomi Li, Joana Apenkwa and Chelsea Polis,Reproductive Health

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • May 2021 Research Article

    Sexual and Reproductive Health Literacy, Misoprostol Knowledge and Use of Medication Abortion in Lagos State, Nigeria: A Mixed Methods Study

    Heini Väisänen, Ann M. Moore, Onikepe Owolabi, Melissa Stillman, Adesegun O. Fatusi and Akanni I Akinyemi,Studies in Family Planning

    Global

    • Abortion

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Unintended pregnancy and abortion are reproductive health experiences shared by millions of people every year in every part of the world, irrespective of personal status or circumstances.What differs are the obstacles people face—legal, social, economic or others—in exercising their reproductive autonomy.

Jonathan Bearak

Senior Research Scientist

Guttmacher Institute
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