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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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Articles

  • Global research
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  • Policy analysis
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  • Op-eds & external blogs

Fact Sheets

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Data & Visualizations

  • Data center
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  • Public-use data sets

Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (1975–2020)
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (1969–2020)

Global

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

U.S.

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

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United States

Teens

As a leading authority on teen reproductive health, the Guttmacher Institute estimates national and state-level teen pregnancy rates; documents teens’ access to sexual and reproductive health information and services; and promotes fact-based, comprehensive sex education and youth-friendly, confidential services.

  • Teen Pregnancy
  • State Policies on Teens
  • Research Article

    Trends in U.S. Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use, 2006-2019

  • Report

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

  • Fact Sheet

    Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in the United States

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 66%

    of sexually active U.S. teenage women practice contraception
  • 37

    states require parental consent for minors seeking abortions
  • 18

    average age at first sex in the United States

Resources

  • December 2019 Infographic

    In 2019, 17 states enacted some type of abortion restriction, while 9 states protected or expanded abortion access

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
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    • Teens
  • December 2019 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends 2019: A Wave of Abortion Bans, But Some States Are Fighting Back

    Elizabeth Nash, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello and Sophia Naide

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2019 Research Article

    Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use and Sexual Violence among Asian High School Students in the United States

    Zohra Ansari-Thomas, Sheila Desai and Laura D. Lindberg,Contraception

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • 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
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    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • September 2019 Fact Sheet

    Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in the United States

    United States

    • Teens
  • 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
  • May 2019 Policy Analysis

    State and Federal Lawmakers Promote Sexual Consent, LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in Sex Education

    Elizabeth Nash, Leah H. Keller and Sophia Naide

    United States

    • Teens
  • April 2019 Research Article

    Sex Before Age 13 Among Males in the United States

    Laura D. Lindberg, Isaac Maddow-Zimet and Arik V. Marcell,Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

    United States

    • Teens
  • April 2019 News Release

    Young Men’s Reports of Having Sex Before Age 13 Vary Widely by Their Race, Ethnicity and Geographic Area

    United States

    • Teens
  • April 2019 Policy Analysis

    Radical Attempts to Ban Abortion Dominate State Policy Trends in the First Quarter of 2019

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

    United States

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

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A lack of adequate and consistent resources can affect any of the services that school-based health centers provide, not just contraceptive services. Coupled with the seemingly ever-rising cost of contraceptive supplies to health care providers, it may make expanding the range of reproductive health services for students even more difficult

Heather D. Boonstra

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