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  • Roe v. Wade Overturned
  • COVID-19 impact
  • Reproductive Health Impact Study
  • Adding It Up
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  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
  • U.S. policy resources
  • State policy resources
  • State legislation tracker

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  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (1975–2020)
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (1969–2020)

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

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Pregnancy

The Guttmacher Institute estimates the incidence, consequences and costs of unintended pregnancy globally, regionally and at the country level, and seeks to understand what drives unintended pregnancy rates and trends. We promote policies and strategies that enable women to time and space their pregnancies.

  • Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide

  • Fact Sheet

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

  • Unintended pregnancy and abortion vary across country income groups
    Infographic

    Unintended pregnancy and abortion vary across country income groups

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 68%

    approximate reduction in unintended pregnancies if all unmet need for modern contraception were satisfied in low- and middle-income countries
  • 63%

    approximate reduction in adolescent maternal deaths in LMICs if all need for sexual and reproductive health services were met
  • 49%

    pregnanies in LMICs are unintended

Resources

  • Illustration indiquant que pour faire progresser la santé, il faut faire progresser les droits.
    May 2018 Infographic

    Pour faire progresser la santé, il faut faire progresser les droits

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Gráfico que muestra que 4,300 millones de personas en edad reproductiva carecen de servicios adecuados de salud sexual y reproductiva
    May 2018 Infographic

    Número de personas en edad reproductiva que carecen de servicios adecuados de salud sexual y reproductiva

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Illustration indiquant que 25 millions d’avortements non médicalisés ont lieu chaque année dans le monde.
    May 2018 Infographic

    Nombre d’avortements non médicalisés, chaque année, dans le monde

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Gráfico que muestra la cita de Ann M. Starrs sobre la Comisión Guttmacher-Lancet
    May 2018 Infographic

    Cita de Ann M. Starrs sobre la Comisión Guttmacher-Lancet

    Global

    • Abortion
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    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Illustration indiquant qu'une femme sur trois dans le monde est victime de la violence de genre.
    May 2018 Infographic

    Nombre de femmes victimes de la violence de genre dans le monde

    Global

    • Abortion
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    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Graphic that reads, to advance health, we must advance rights
    May 2018 Infographic

    To advance health, we must advance rights

    Global

    • Abortion
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    • Pregnancy
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  • Illustration de la citation du docteur Alex Ezeh sur la Commission Guttmacher-Lancet.
    May 2018 Infographic

    Citation du Dr Alex Ezeh sur la Commission Guttmacher-Lancet

    Global

    • Abortion
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    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Graphic showing that 25 million unsafe abortions occur worldwide each year
    May 2018 Infographic

    Number of unsafe abortions worldwide each year

    Global

    • Abortion
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  • Image, Guttmacher-Lancet Commission: Health & Rights
    May 2018 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Why it could cost less than R120 per year to save a life

    Alex Ezeh and Ann M. Starrs,Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism (Mail & Guardian)

    Global

    • Abortion
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  • Graphic showing that one in three women worldwide experiences gender-based violence
    May 2018 Infographic

    Number of women worldwide who experience gender-based violence

    Global

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    • Teens

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Progress in sexual and reproductive health is not uniform. People in the poorest countries are nearly three times as likely to face unintended pregnancies as those in the wealthiest countries, revealing major and persistent inequities in access to sexual and reproductive health care.

Anna Popinchalk

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