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  • Roe v. Wade in Peril
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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.

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  • 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

  • 30

    years the average U.S. woman uses contraceptives to attain her family planning goal of two children
  • 99%

    of sexually active American women 15–44 have used a contraceptive method other than natural family planning
  • 2-12%

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

Resources

  • November 2020 Policy Analysis

    President-Elect Biden’s Health Insurance Plan and Its Potential Impact on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

    Leah H. Keller and Adam Sonfield

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
  • October 2020 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    People of All Religions Use Birth Control and Have Abortions

    Rachel K. Jones

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • September 2020 Policy Analysis

    An Even-More-Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Could Be Devastating for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

    Ruth Dawson, Megan K. Donovan, Adam Sonfield and Lauren Cross

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • August 2020 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    COVID-19 Job Losses Threaten Insurance Coverage and Access to Reproductive Health Care for Millions

    Adam Sonfield, Jennifer J. Frost, Ruth Dawson and Laura D. Lindberg,Health Affairs Blog

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • July 2020 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends at Mid-Year 2020: Reproductive Health and Rights Take a Back Seat to Pandemic

    Elizabeth Nash, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello and Sophia Naide

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2020 Research Article

    Use of contraception among reproductive-aged women in the United States, 2014 and 2016

    Megan L. Kavanaugh and Emma Pliskin,F&S Reports

    United States

    • Contraception
  • June 2020 Policy Analysis

    Seeing the Whole Pattern: Coordinated Federal Attacks on Birth Control Coverage and Access

    Adam Sonfield

    United States

    • Contraception
  • June 2020 Policy Analysis

    Family Planning Providers Show Creativity and Resilience in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Leah H. Keller and Ruth Dawson

    United States

    • Contraception
  • June 2020 Research Article

    Change and stability in contraceptive use patterns among US women over a 12-month period: analysis using the 2013–2015 National Survey of Family Growth life history calendar

    Sean Finn, Ayana Douglas-Hall and Rachel K. Jones,Contraception: X

    United States

    • Contraception
  • May 2020 Policy Analysis

    Ten Things State Policymakers Can Do to Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Elizabeth Nash, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello and Sophia Naide

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy

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There are more than 60 million women of reproductive age in the United States, and virtually all of them, regardless of religious affiliation, will use a modern contraceptive method in their lives.

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