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  • 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
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December 2020 Report

From Unsafe to Safe Abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa: Slow but Steady Progress

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  • March 2021 News Release

    APHRC and Guttmacher Institute announce partnership to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

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    • Abortion
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  • December 2020 Research Article

    Global Developments in Laws on Induced Abortion: 2008–2019

    Lisa Remez, Katherine Mayall and Susheela Singh,International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • July 2020 Research Article

    Unintended pregnancy and abortion by income, region, and the legal status of abortion: estimates from a comprehensive model for 1990-2019

    Jonathan Bearak, Anna Popinchalk, Bela Ganatra, Ann-Beth Moller, Özge Tunçalp, Cynthia Beavin, Lorraine Kwok and Leontine Alkema,The Lancet Global Health

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    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy

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  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa

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  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Africa

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Supplementary table: Indicators of abortion, pregnancy and births for Sub-Saharan Africaabortion-in-sub-saharan-africa-2020-supplemental-table.xlsx
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