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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

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  • U.S.

Articles

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  • U.S. State Laws and Policies

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  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Global

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

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United States

Abortion

The Guttmacher Institute is a primary source for research and policy analysis on abortion in the United States. In many cases, Guttmacher’s data are more comprehensive than state and federal government sources. The Institute’s work examines the incidence of abortion, access to care and barriers to obtaining services, factors underlying women’s decisions to terminate a pregnancy, characteristics of women who have abortions and the conditions under which women obtain them. Guttmacher also tracks abortion-related legislation and policies at the federal and state level, promoting access to abortion services and making an evidence-based case against restrictions that limit access.

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    Roe v. Wade Overturned: Our Latest Resources

  • Fact Sheet

    Induced Abortion in the United States

  • Policy Analysis

    Medication Abortion Now Accounts for More Than Half of All US Abortions

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 862K

    abortions performed in the United States in 2017
  • 59%

    of women obtaining abortions are mothers
  • 38%

    of women 13–44 live in a state supportive of abortion rights

Resources

  • August 2021 Research Article

    Abortion Access for Incarcerated People: Incidence of Abortion and Policies at U.S. Prisons and Jails

    Carolyn Sufrin, Rachel K. Jones, Lauren Beal, William D. Mosher and Suzanne Bell,Obstetrics & Gynecology

    United States

    • Abortion
  • August 2021 Policy Analysis

    Impact of Texas’ Abortion Ban: A 14-Fold Increase in Driving Distance to Get an Abortion

    Elizabeth Nash, Jonathan Bearak, Naomi Li and Lauren Cross

    United States

    • Abortion
  • July 2021 Research Article

    The disproportionate burdens of the mifepristone REMS

    Alexandra Thompson, Dipti Singh, Adrienne R. Ghorashi, Megan K. Donovan, Jenny Ma and Julie Rikelman,Contraception

    United States

    • Abortion
  • July 2021 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends at Midyear 2021: Already the Worst Legislative Year Ever for U.S. Abortion Rights

    Elizabeth Nash and Sophia Naide

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Teens
  • July 2021 Fact Sheet

    The Weldon Amendment: Interfering with Abortion Coverage and Care

    United States

    • Abortion
  • June 2021 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Abortion Is at the Supreme Court Again. It's Different This Time

    Elizabeth Nash,Scientific American

    United States

    • Abortion
  • June 2021 Research Article

    Differences in Abortion Rates between Asian Populations by Country of Origin and Nativity Status in New York City, 2011–2015

    Sheila Desai, Mary Huynh and Heidi E. Jones,International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

    United States

    • Abortion
  • May 2021 Research Article

    State-Level Variation in Abortion Stigma and Women and Men’s Abortion Underreporting in the USA

    Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Laura D. Lindberg and Kate Castle,Population Research and Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
  • May 2021 Policy Analysis

    In Direct Threat to Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court Takes Up Mississippi Abortion Case

    Elizabeth Nash and Lauren Cross

    United States

    • Abortion
  • May 2021 Fact Sheet

    The Hyde Amendment: A Discriminatory Ban on Insurance Coverage of Abortion

    United States

    • Abortion

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Abortions in the United States are happening earlier in pregnancy than they used to: Two-thirds occur within the first eight weeks of pregnancy. Medication abortion helps make this possible.

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