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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

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Articles

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  • U.S. State Laws and Policies

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  • Data center
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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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  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

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United States

Contraception

When women and their partners have access to a wide range of contraceptive methods, they are better able to plan and space their births. This leads to positive health, social and economic outcomes for women, families and society. The Guttmacher Institute documents the need for, access to and use of contraceptives and provides the evidence base for public investment in high-quality and affordable family planning services that provide a full range of methods, comprehensive and accurate information, and effective counseling.

  • Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  • Publicly Funded Family Planning
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  • Fact Sheet

    Contraceptive Use in the United States by Demographics

  • Policy Analysis

    What Federal Policymakers Must Do to Restore and Strengthen a Title X Family Planning Program That Serves All

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 2-12%

    increase in contraceptive users who relied on a long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) method between 2002 and 2012
  • 99%

    of sexually active American women 15–44 have used a contraceptive method other than natural family planning
  • 30

    years the average U.S. woman uses contraceptives to attain her family planning goal of two children

Resources

  • December 2013 Research Article

    Changes in out-of-pocket payments for contraception by privately insured women during implementation of the federal contraceptive coverage requirement

    Adam Sonfield, Rachel K. Jones and Lawrence B. Finer,Contraception

    United States

    • Contraception
  • December 2013 Policy Analysis

    A New Frontier in the Era of Health Reform: Protecting Confidentiality for Individuals Insured as Dependents

    Rachel Benson Gold,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
  • December 2013 Infographic

    The ACA Effect

    United States

    • Contraception
  • December 2013 Policy Analysis

    Leveling the Playing Field: The Promise of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives for Adolescents

    Heather D. Boonstra,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Teens
  • December 2013 Policy Analysis

    Implementing the Federal Contraceptive Coverage Guarantee: Progress and Prospects

    Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
  • September 2013 Policy Analysis

    Title X: An Essential Investment, Now More than Ever

    Kinsey Hasstedt,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
  • July 2013 Report

    Contraception and Beyond: The Health Benefits of Services Provided at Family Planning Centers

    Megan L. Kavanaugh and Ragnar Anderson

    United States

    • Contraception
  • June 2013 Policy Analysis

    Obama Administration Yields to the Courts and the Evidence, Allows Emergency Contraception to Be Sold Without Restrictions

    Andrea Rowan,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • June 2013 Policy Analysis

    Vigilance Needed to Make Health Reform Work for ‘Essential Community Providers’

    Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
  • May 2013 Report

    U.S. Women's Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: Trends, Sources of Care and Factors Associated with Use, 1995–2010

    Jennifer J. Frost

    United States

    • Contraception

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Long-acting reversible contraceptive methods, or LARC methods, have the potential to significantly decrease unintended pregnancy in the United States because they are ‘set and forget,’ meaning that they require no intervention from women, resulting in greater effectiveness

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