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Media kits
Worldwide Abortion: Legality, Incidence and Safety January 2012
Abortion in the United States November 2011
Fact sheets
Are you IN THE KNOW January 2012
Facts on Unintended Pregnancy in the United States [PDF version] January 2012
Facts on Induced Abortion Worldwide [PDF version] January 2012
Facts on Abortion in Africa [PDF] January 2012
Facts on Abortion in Asia [PDF] January 2012
Facts on Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF] January 2012
Datos sobre el embarazo no deseado y aborto inducido en Colombia [PDF] September 2011
Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States [PDF version] August 2011
Facts on Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in Ethiopia [PDF] April 2010
Facts on Induced Abortion in Pakistan [PDF] November 2009
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Facts on Abortion in Kenya [PDF] November 2009
Facts on Induced Abortion in Mexico [PDF] October 2008
State Facts About Abortion January 2008
Facts on Unwanted Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Nigeria [PDF] June 2006
"State Policies in Brief"
'Choose Life' License Plates [PDF] February 2012
Abortion Policy in the Absence of Roe [PDF] February 2012
Abortion Reporting Requirements [PDF] February 2012
An Overview of Abortion Laws [PDF] February 2012
Bans on 'Partial-Birth' Abortion [PDF] February 2012
Mandatory Counseling and Waiting Periods for Abortion [PDF] February 2012
Medication Abortion [PDF] February 2012
Parental Involvement in Minors' Abortions [PDF] February 2012
Policies on Later-Term Abortion [PDF] February 2012
Protecting Access to Clinics [PDF] February 2012
Refusing to Provide Health Services [PDF] February 2012
Requirements for Ultrasound [PDF] February 2012
Restricting Insurance Coverage of Abortions [PDF] February 2012
State Funding of Abortion Under Medicaid [PDF] February 2012
Highlighted policy articles
Unsafe Abortion: The Missing Link in Global Efforts to Improve Maternal Health [PDF version] June 2011
Sneha Barot
Guttmacher Policy Review
Insurance Coverage and Abortion Incidence: Information and Misinformation [PDF version] October 2010
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review
Insurance Coverage of Abortion: The Battle to Date and the Battle to Come [PDF version] October 2010
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Off Base: The U.S. Military's Ban on Privately Funded Abortions [PDF version] August 2010
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Facts and Consequences: Legality and Safety of Abortion Worldwide [PDF version] December 2009
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Delineating the Obligations That Come with Conscientious Refusal: A Question of Balance [PDF version] August 2009
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review
All That's Old Is New Again: The Long Campaign To Persuade Women to Forego Abortion [PDF version] June 2009
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review
Advocates Call for a New Approach After the Era of 'Abstinence-Only' Sex Education March 2009
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Abortion and Women of Color: The Bigger Picture [PDF version] August 2008
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
New Data on Abortion Incidence, Safety Illuminate Key Aspects of Worldwide Abortion Debate [PDF version] November 2007
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
State Abortion Counseling Policies and the Fundamental Principles of Informed Consent [PDF version] November 2007
Rachel Benson Gold and Elizabeth Nash
Guttmacher Policy Review
Repeat Abortion, Repeat Unintended Pregnancy, Repeated and Misguided Government Policies [PDF version] May 2007
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
The Heart of the Matter: Public Funding of Abortion for Poor Women in the United States [PDF version] March 2007
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Misinformed Consent: The Medical Accuracy of State-Developed Abortion Counseling Materials [PDF version] October 2006
Chinué Turner Richardson and Elizabeth Nash
Guttmacher Policy Review
Abortion and Mental Health: Myths and Realities [PDF version] August 2006
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Rekindling Efforts to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy: A Matter of 'Equity and Common Sense' [PDF version] August 2006
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review
Roe or No Roe, Right to Abortion Seen Eroding Under Newly Constituted Supreme Court March 2006
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Toward Making Abortion 'Rare': The Shifting Battleground over the Means to an End [PDF version] March 2006
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Promoting Prevention to Reduce the Need for Abortion: Good Policy, Good Politics [PDF version] May 2005
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Lessons from Before Roe: Will Past be Prologue? [PDF version] March 2003
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Mifepristone in the United States: Status and Future [PDF version] August 2002
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Global Gag Rule: Exporting Antiabortion Ideology at the Expense of American Values [PDF version] June 2001
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
A Message to the President: Abortion Can Be Safe, Legal and Still Rare [PDF version] February 2001
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Minors and the Right to Consent to Health Care [PDF version] August 2000
Heather Boonstra and Elizabeth Nash
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Rights Without Access: Revisiting Public Funding of Abortion for Poor Women [PDF version] April 2000
Heather Boonstra and Adam Sonfield
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Late-Term Abortions: Legal Considerations [PDF version] January 1997
Issues in Brief
The Limitations of U.S. Statistics on Abortion [PDF version] January 1997
Issues in Brief
An Overview of Clandestine Abortion in Latin America [PDF version] December 1996
Deirdre Wulf
Issues in Brief
"In Brief"
Abortion in Ghana [PDF] July 2010
Unsafe Abortion in Zambia [PDF] July 2010
Abortion in Pakistan [PDF] November 2009
Reducing Unsafe Abortion in Nigeria [PDF] November 2008
Unsafe Abortion in Kenya [PDF] November 2008
Abortion in Indonesia [PDF] October 2008
Aborsi di Indonesia [PDF]
Interpreting Research Studies [PDF] July 2006
Reducing Unintended Pregnancy in Nigeria [PDF] September 2005
Reducing Unintended Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion in Uganda [PDF] March 2005
Improving Reproductive Health in the Philippines [PDF] May 2003
Abortion in Context: United States and Worldwide [PDF version] May 1999
Cynthia Dailard
Late-Term Abortions: Legal Considerations [PDF version] January 1997
The Limitations of U.S. Statistics on Abortion [PDF version] January 1997
An Overview of Clandestine Abortion in Latin America [PDF version] December 1996
Deirdre Wulf
Highlighted research articles
Who has second-trimester abortions in the United States? [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones* and Lawrence B. Finer
Contraception, December 2011
Aborto inducido en Colombia: nuevas estimaciones y cambios de 1989 a 2008 [PDF]
Elena Prada, Ann Biddlecom y Susheela Singh
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue Número especial de, September 2011
Unintended Pregnancy in the United States: Incidence and Disparities, 2006 [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer and Mia R. Zolna
Contraception, August 2011
Changes in Abortion Rates Between 2000 and 2008 and Lifetime Incidence of Abortion [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones and Megan L. Kavanaugh
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volume 117, Issue 6, June 2011
Unintended Pregnancy at the State Level [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer and Kathryn Kost
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 43, Issue 2, June 2011
Patients' attitudes and experiences related to receiving contraception during abortion care [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Elizabeth E. Carlin and Rachel K. Jones
Contraception, May 2011
Perceived and Insurance-Related Barriers to the Provision of Contraceptive Services in U.S. Abortion Care Settings [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Rachel K. Jones and Lawrence B. Finer
Women's Health Issues, May 2011
Abortion Incidence and Access to Services in the United States, 2008 [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones and Kathryn Kooistra
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 43, Issue 1, March 2011
Men's Attitudes About Abortion In Uganda [PDF]
Ann M. Moore, Gabriel Jagwe-Wadda And Akinrinola Bankole
Journal of Biological Science, Volume 43, Issue 1, January 2011
Perceptions of Male Knowledge and Support Among U.S. Women Obtaining Abortions [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Ann M. Moore and Lori F. Frohwirth
Women's Health Issues, January 2011
Examining the association of abortion history and current mental health: A reanalysis of the National Comorbidity Survey using a common-risk-factors model [PDF]
Julia R. Steinberg and Lawrence B. Finer
Social Science and Medicine, Volume 72, Issue 1, July 2010
Caring for Women with Abortion Complications in Ethiopia: National Estimates and Future Implications [PDF version]
Hailemichael Gebreselassie, Tamara Fetters, Susheela Singh, Ahmed Abdella, Yirgu Gebrehiwot, Solomon Tesfaye, Takele Geressu and Solomon Kumbi
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 1, March 2010
The Estimated Incidence of Induced Abortion In Ethiopia, 2008 [PDF version]
Susheela Singh, Tamara Fetters, Hailemichael Gebreselassie, Ahmed Abdella, Yirgu Gebrehiwot, Solomon Kumbi and Suzette Audam
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 1, March 2010
Estimates of Induced Abortion in Mexico: What's Changed Between 1990 and 2006 [PDF version]
Fatima Juarez, Susheela Singh, Sandra G. Garcia and Claudia Diaz Olavarrieta
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 34, Issue 4, December 2008
Severity and Cost of Unsafe Abortion Complications Treated in Nigerian Hospitals [PDF version]
Stanley K. Henshaw, Isaac Adewole, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, Boniface Oye-Adeniran and Rubina Hussain
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 34, Issue 1, March 2008
Legal Abortion Worldwide: Incidence and Recent Trends [PDF version]
Gilda Sedgh, Stanley K.Henshaw, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole and Joanna Drescher
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33, Issue 3, September 2007
Timing of Steps and Reasons for Delays in Obtaining Abortions in the United States [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer, Lori F. Frohwirth, Lindsay A. Dauphinee, Susheela Singh, and Ann M. Moore
Contraception, Volume 74, Issue 4, October 2006
Induced Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Guatemala
Susheela Singh, Elena Prada and Edgar Kestler
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 3, September 2006
Disparities in Rates of Unintended Pregnancy in the United States, 1994 and 2001 [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 2, June 2006
Reasons U.S. Women Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer, Lori F. Frohwirth, Lindsay A. Dauphinee, Susheela Singh and Ann M. Moore
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 37, Issue 3, September 2005
Reports
U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008: National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity [PDF] February 2012
Kathryn Kost and Stanley Henshaw
Embarazo no deseado y aborto inducido en Colombia: Causas y consecuencias [PDF version] September 2011
Elena Prada, Susheela Singh, Lisa Remez and Cristina Villarreal
Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Colombia: Causes and Consequences [PDF version]
Methodologies for Estimating Abortion Incidence and Abortion-Related Morbidity: A Review December 2010
Characteristics of U.S. Abortion Patients, 2008 [PDF] May 2010
Rachel K. Jones, Lawrence B. Finer and Susheela Singh
U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity [PDF] January 2010
Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress [PDF] October 2009
Susheela Singh, Deirdre Wulf, Rubina Hussain, Akinrinola Bankole and Gilda Sedgh
Restrictions on Medicaid Funding For Abortion: A Literature Review [PDF] July 2009
Stanley K. Henshaw, Theodore J. Joyce, Amanda Dennis, Lawrence B. Finer and Kelly Blanchard
The Impact of State Mandatory Counseling and Waiting Period Laws on Abortion: A Literature Review [PDF] May 2009
Theodore J. Joyce, Stanley K. Henshaw, Amanda Dennis, Lawrence B. Finer and Kelly Blanchard
The Impact of Laws Requiring Parental Involvement for Abortion: A Literature Review [PDF] March 2009
Amanda Dennis, Stanley K. Henshaw, Theodore J. Joyce, Lawrence B. Finer and Kelly Blanchard
Trends in the Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions, 1974-2004 [PDF] September 2008
Stanley K. Henshaw and Kathryn Kost
Trends in the Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions, 1974-2004 (with supplemental tables) [PDF] September 2008
Stanley K. Henshaw and Kathryn Kost
Abortion Morbidity in Uganda: Evidence from Two Communities [PDF] December 2006
Gabriel Jagwe-Wadda, Ann M. Moore, Vanessa Woog
Embarazo no planeado y aborto inseguro en Guatemala: Causas y consecuencias [PDF] December 2006
Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Uganda: Causes and Consequences [PDF] November 2006
Susheela Singh, Ann M. Moore, Akinrinola Bankole, Florence Mirembe, Deirdre Wulf and Elena Prada
Repeat Abortion in the United States [PDF] November 2006
Rachel K. Jones, Susheela Singh, Lawrence B. Finer and Lori F. Frohwirth
Morbilidad por aborto en Guatemala: Una visión de la comunidad [PDF] November 2006
Sandra Sáenz de Tejada, Elena Prada y Gonzalo Ball
Estimating the Impact of Expanding Medicaid Eligibility for Family Planning Services [PDF] August 2006
Jennifer J. Frost, Adam Sonfield and Rachel Benson Gold
Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in the Philippines: Causes and Consequences [PDF] August 2006
Susheela Singh, Fatima Juarez, Josefina Cabigon, Haley Ball, Rubina Hussain and Jennifer Nadeau
Unwanted Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Nigeria: Causes and Consequences [PDF] August 2006
Akinrinola Bankole, Boniface A. Oye-Adeniran, Susheela Singh, Isaac F. Adewole, Deirdre Wulf, Gilda Sedgh and Rubina Hussain
Abortion in Women's Lives [PDF] May 2006
Preventing Unsafe Abortion and its Consequences: Priorities for Research and Action [PDF] March 2006
Abortion and Postabortion Care in Guatemala: A Report from Health Care Professionals and Health Facilities [PDF] December 2005
Elena Prada, Edgar Kestler, Caroline Sten, Lindsay Dauphinee, and Lilian Ramírez
Abortion and Postabortion Care in Uganda: A Report from Health Care Professionals and Health Facilities [PDF] May 2005
Elena Prada, Florence Mirembe, Fatima H. Ahmed, Rose Nalwadda and Charles Kiggundu
Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion: Public Challenges in Latin America and The Caribbean [PDF] November 2001
Slide shows
Induced Abortion: Incidence and Trends Worldwide 1995 to 2008 January 2012
Embarazo no deseado y aborto inducido en Colombia, 2008 September 2011
An Overview of Abortion in the United States January 2011
State-by-State Trends in Abortion in the United States January 2011
Trends in Abortion in the United States, 1973-2008 January 2011
Memos and statements
Guttmacher Institute Testimony on H.R. 3 [PDF] February 2011
Audio clips
Induced Abortion: Incidence and Trends Worldwide 1995 to 2008: Gilda Sedgh Presentation January 2012
Guttmacher Exchange: Medical Mistrust and Communities of Color February 2008
Archived reports
These older Guttmacher reports contain information that is out of date. In many instances, more current information is available elsewhere on the Guttmacher Web site.
Public Funding for Contraceptive, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980-2001 July 2005
Sharing Responsibility: Women, Society and Abortion Worldwide [PDF] June 1999
Video
El aborto en los Estados Unidos September 2011
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