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

Global

  • Abortion
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  • 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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  • Reproductive Health Impact Study

  • 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

  • October 2019 Policy Analysis

    Trump Administration Rules Prioritize Refusal of Care and Conservative Ideology Over Protecting Patients Against Discrimination

    Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • September 2019 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    World Contraception Day: Celebrating Progress and Maintaining Momentum

    Heather D. Boonstra and Leah H. Keller,IMPT Blog

    United States

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • August 2019 Policy Analysis

    Threats to Nondiscrimination Protections: Guttmacher Institute Comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2019 Research Article

    Challenges and strategies for contraceptive care in independent abortion clinics in the United States, 2017

    Jenna Jerman, Amanda Berry and Megan L. Kavanaugh,Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • July 2019 Research Article

    Fertility awareness based methods for pregnancy prevention

    Rachel Peragallo Urrutia and Chelsea Polis,BMJ

    United States

    • Contraception
  • July 2019 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends at Mid-Year 2019: States Race to Ban or Protect Abortion

    Elizabeth Nash, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello, Sophia Naide and Zohra Ansari-Thomas

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • June 2019 Policy Analysis

    Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptives: Getting the Details Right

    Adam Sonfield

    United States

    • Contraception
  • June 2019 Policy Analysis

    Promiscuity Propaganda: Access to Information and Services Does Not Lead to Increases in Sexual Activity

    Joerg Dreweke,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • June 2019 Policy Analysis

    Medicare for America Act (H.R. 2452, 116th Congress): Potential Impact on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

    Adam Sonfield and Leah H. Keller

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2019 News Release

    Providers Should Ensure All Patients, Regardless of Sexual Orientation, Have Access to Preventive Care

    United States

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy

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We’re just beginning to discover the extent to which women use hormonal contraceptives for purposes other than pregnancy prevention. One example is oral contraceptive pills—about 14% of pill users take them solely for noncontraceptive purposes, including menstrual pain relief.

Rachel K. Jones

Principal Research Scientist

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