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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

Reports

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Articles

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

Global

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

U.S.

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • 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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  • Legality and Safety
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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
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    Unintended pregnancy and abortion vary across country income groups

Top Facts & Statistics

  • $10.60

    the annual per-person cost in LMICs to meet the need for essential sexual and reproductive health services
  • 39

    abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49 worldwide occurred annually in 2015–2019
  • $1.00

    the annual per capita cost to meet the need for essential adolescent sexual and reproductive health services

Resources

  • September 2011 Report

    Embarazo no deseado y aborto inducido en Colombia: Causas y Consecuencias

    Elena Prada, Susheela Singh, Lisa Remez and Cristina Villarreal

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • August 2011 Policy Analysis

    The World at Seven Billion: Global Milestone A Reflection of Individual Needs

    Susan A. Cohen,Guttmacher Policy Review

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2011 Research Article

    Managing unplanned pregnancies in five countries: Perspectives on contraception and abortion decisions

    Amy O. Tsui, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, Ann M. Moore and Fatima Juárez,Global Public Health

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2011 Research Article

    Social stigma and disclosure about induced abortion: Results from an exploratory study

    Amy O. Tsui, Susheela Singh, Fatima Juárez, Ann M. Moore and Akinrinola Bankole,Global Public Health

    Global

    • Abortion
  • June 2011 Research Article

    ‘Without a plan’ but ‘keeping on track’: Views on contraception, pregnancy and abortion in Mexico City

    Fatima Juárez,Global Public Health

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • June 2011 Policy Analysis

    Unsafe Abortion: The Missing Link in Global Efforts to Improve Maternal Health

    Sneha Barot,Guttmacher Policy Review

    Global

    • Abortion
  • January 2011 News in Context

    Abortion and Mental Health (updated January 2011)

    Global

    • Abortion
  • December 2010 Report

    Methodologies for Estimating Abortion Incidence and Abortion-Related Morbidity: A Review

    Susheela Singh, Lisa Remez and Alyssa Tartaglione

    Global

    • Abortion
  • November 2010 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Bring abortion out of the shadows

    Sharon Camp,New Vision (Uganda)

    Global

    • Abortion
  • September 2010 Research Article

    Men's Attitudes About Abortion In Uganda

    Ann M. Moore, Gabriel Jagwe-Wadda and Akinrinola Bankole,Journal of Biosocial Science

    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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