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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

  • Global
  • U.S.

Articles

  • Global research
  • U.S. research
  • Policy analysis
  • Guttmacher Policy Review
  • Op-eds & external blogs

Fact Sheets

  • Global
  • U.S.
  • U.S. State Laws and Policies

Data & Visualizations

  • Data center
  • Infographics
  • Public-use data sets

Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • 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

Our Work By Geography

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  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
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Who We Are

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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

  • 49%

    pregnanies in LMICs are unintended
  • 111M

    unintended pregnancies occur annually in LMICs
  • 43%

    of adolescent women in LMICs who want to avoid a pregnancy have an unmet need for modern contraception

Resources

  • May 2013 News Release

    New Report Finds Uneven Progress in Expanding Pregnancy and Delivery Care in the Developing World

    Global

    • Pregnancy
  • May 2013 News Release

    New Study Finds Little Progress in Meeting Demand for Contraception in the Poorest Countries

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2013 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Rwanda

    Paulin Basinga, Ann M. Moore, Susheela Singh, Lisa Remez, Francine Birungi and Laetitia Nyirazinyoye

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2013 Fact Sheet

    Meeting the Need for Maternal and Newborn Care in the Developing World—Estimates for 2012

    Global

    • Pregnancy
  • May 2013 Report

    Grossesse non désirée et avortement provoqué au Rwanda

    Paulin Basinga, Ann M. Moore, Susheela Singh, Lisa Remez, Francine Birungi and Laetitia Nyirazinyoye

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2013 Report

    Adding It Up: The Need for and Cost of Maternal and Newborn Care—Estimates for 2012

    Susheela Singh, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Lori S. Ashford

    Global

    • Pregnancy
  • May 2013 News Release

    In Rwanda, Notwithstanding Considerable Increases, Contraceptive Use Not Keeping Pace with Desire for Smaller Families

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • February 2013 News Release

    In Uganda, Slow Pace in Scaling Up Access to Reproductive Health Care Services Costing Thousands of Lives and Billions of Shillings

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • February 2013 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in Uganda

    Rubina Hussain

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • January 2013 Report

    Unsafe Abortion in Tanzania: A Review of the Evidence

    Vanessa Woog

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy

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Our new data show that even before the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people in countries with the fewest resources could not obtain lifesaving contraceptive, pregnancy-related and newborn care. Unless the global community prioritizes essential sexual and reproductive health services now, the pandemic could severely exacerbate those needs.

Herminia Palacio

President and CEO

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