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  • 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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Peer-Reviewed Journals

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

Global

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

U.S.

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  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
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United States Teens

Teen Pregnancy

Although teen pregnancy rates have declined in recent decades, the U.S. rate is still one of the highest in the developed world. By tracking the changing health care landscape and providing quality data and policy analysis, the Guttmacher Institute strives to shed light on U.S. teen pregnancy and on the social and economic factors that contribute to it. Guttmacher promotes policies and programs to enable teens to avoid unintended pregnancy.

  • Teen Pregnancy
  • State Policies on Teens
  • Report

    Pregnancies, Births and Abortions in the United States, 1973–2017: National and State Trends by Age

  • Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Age is More Than a Number: High Infant Mortality Among Births to Teen Mothers

  • Fact Sheet

    Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in the United States

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 75%

    of pregnancies among 15-19-year-olds are unplanned
  • 73%

    how much higher the pregnancy rate among 15-19-year-olds would have been without publicly funded family planning
  • 18

    average age at first sex in the United States

Resources

  • September 2014 Policy Analysis

    What Is Behind the Declines in Teen Pregnancy Rates?

    Heather D. Boonstra,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • May 2014 News Release

    U.S. Teen Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion Rates Reach Historic Lows

    United States

    • Teens
  • May 2014 Infographic

    U.S. teen pregnancy, birth and abortion rates have reach historic lows, 2010

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • May 2014 Report

    U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2010: National and State Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity

    Kathryn Kost and Stanley Henshaw

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • April 2014 News Release

    Growing Gap Between First Sex and First Birth Means Women Face Longer Period of Risk for Unintended Pregnancy

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • March 2014 Policy Analysis

    The State of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights In the State of Texas: A Cautionary Tale

    Kinsey Hasstedt,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • 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
  • March 2013 Policy Analysis

    What Women Already Know: Documenting the Social and Economic Benefits of Family Planning

    Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • February 2013 Report

    U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008: State Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity

    Kathryn Kost and Stanley Henshaw

    United States

    • Teens
  • January 2013 Research Article

    Sexual Initiation, Contraceptive Use, and Pregnancy Among Young Adolescents

    Lawrence B. Finer and Jesse Philbin,Pediatrics

    United States

    • Teens

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School-based health centers can play a key role in addressing unplanned teen pregnancy, and failing to provide contraceptive services on-site, for whatever reason, is self-defeating. We know contraception has been the main driver of the steep decline in the U.S. pregnancy rate among 15-19-year-olds, which is why it’s so important to give students easy access to the information and services they need

Heather D. Boonstra

Vice President for Public Policy

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