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  • Roe v. Wade in Peril
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  • Reproductive Health Impact Study
  • Adding It Up
  • Abortion Worldwide
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
  • U.S. policy resources
  • State policy resources
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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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Global

Contraception

The Guttmacher Institute documents the need for, access to and use of contraceptives, as well as the impacts of that use, including the health, economic and social benefits of fulfilling the unmet need for contraception. The Institute’s research and advocacy work addresses the need to support investment in the development of new methods and in high-quality, affordable family planning services that provide access to a full range of methods, comprehensive and accurate information, and effective counseling.

  • Costs and Benefits
  • News Release

    Provision of Essential Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Would Reduce Unintended Pregnancies, Unsafe Abortions and Maternal Deaths by About Two-Thirds

  • Policy Analysis

    When Antiabortion Ideology Turns into Foreign Policy: How the Global Gag Rule Erodes Health, Ethics and Democracy

  • Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Top Facts & Statistics

  • $10.60

    the annual per-person cost in LMICs to meet the need for essential sexual and reproductive health services
  • 218M

    women in low- and middle-income countries have an unmet need for modern contraception
  • 68%

    approximate reduction in unintended pregnancies if all unmet need for modern contraception were satisfied in low- and middle-income countries

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  • July 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire

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    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Why invest in sexual and reproductive health?
    July 2020 Infographic

    Pourquoi investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive?

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2020 News Release

    Provision of Essential Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Would Reduce Unintended Pregnancies, Unsafe Abortions and Maternal Deaths by About Two-Thirds

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • July 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Why invest in sexual and reproductive health?
    July 2020 Infographic

    Why invest in sexual and reproductive health?

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2020 Report

    Haciendo cuentas: invertir en salud sexual y reproductiva 2019—Resumen ejecutivo

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  • July 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive des adolescentes dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire

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    • Pregnancy
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  • Greater investment in sexual and reproductive health care is urgently needed in low- and middle-income countries
    July 2020 Infographic

    Un plus grand investissement dans les soins de santé sexuelle et reproductive doit être consenti de toute urgence dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2020 Report

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health 2019—Methodology Report

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  • Striking gains in adolescent health are within reach
    July 2020 Infographic

    De fortes améliorations de la santé des adolescentes sont accessibles

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    • Pregnancy

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While most unintended pregnancies are caused by nonuse of contraceptives, contraceptive failure is also a significant underlying cause. The Institute’s work on estimating contraceptive failure rates can help providers, program managers and policymakers to better assist women and couples to avoid contraceptive failure and have the number of children they desire at the time(s) that they feel ready and able to do so

Chelsea Polis

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