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Highlights

  • Roe v. Wade Overturned
  • 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
  • Latin America & the Caribbean
  • Northern America
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  • Job opportunities
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  • Contact
  • Conflict of Interest Policy

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  • Monthly Giving Circle
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Global

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

  • 50%

    of unintended pregnancies ended in abortion annually in 2015-2019 in countries that restrict abortion
  • 31M

    women in LMICs do not deliver their babies in a health facility
  • 61%

    of unintended pregnancies worldwide ended in abortion annually in 2015-2019

Resources

  • March 2009 Report

    Barriers to Safe Motherhood in Nigeria

    Gilda Sedgh, Akinrinola Bankole, Friday Okonofua, Collins Imarhiagbe, Rubina Hussain and Deirdre Wulf

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • February 2009 Report

    Meeting Women's Contraceptive Needs in the Philippines

    Jacqueline E. Darroch, Susheela Singh, Haley Ball and Josefina V. Cabigon

    Global

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • September 2008 Report

    Abortion in Indonesia

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2007 Research Article

    Influence of Social Connectedness, Communication and Monitoring on Adolescent Sexual Activity in Ghana

    Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Ann Biddlecom and Augustine Tanle,Journal of Reproductive Health

    Global

    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2007 Research Article

    Metaphors We Love By: Conceptualizations of Sex among Young People in Malawi

    Chi-Chi Undie, Joanna Crichton and Eliya Zulu,Journal of Reproductive Health

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2007 Research Article

    The Timing and Role of Initiation Rites in Preparing Young People for Adolescence and Responsible Sexual and Reproductive Behaviour in Malawi

    Alister C. Munthali and Eliya M. Zulu,Journal of Reproductive Health

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • September 2006 Report

    Early Childbearing in Honduras: A Continuing Challenge

    Global

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
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  • July 2007 Report

    Proteger la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud hondureña

    Global

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • March 2007 Report

    Learning from Adolescents to Prevent HIV and Unintended Pregnancy

    Global

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2006 Report

    Embarazo no planeado y aborto inseguro en Guatemala

    Sandra Sáenz de Tejada

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy

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Disparities in unintended pregnancy and abortion among low-, middle- and high-income countries reflect a need for greater action by policymakers at all levels to achieve global equity in sexual and reproductive health

Elizabeth A. Sully

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