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Fact sheets

Are you IN THE KNOW January 2012

Facts on Unintended Pregnancy in the United States  [PDF version] January 2012

Facts on Unwanted Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Nigeria [PDF] June 2006

Sexual and Reproductive Health: Women and Men  [PDF version] October 2002

"State Policies in Brief"

Infant Abandonment [PDF] February 2012

Minors' Access to Prenatal Care [PDF] February 2012

Substance Abuse During Pregnancy [PDF] February 2012

Highlighted policy articles

Wise Investment: Reducing the Steep Cost to Medicaid of Unintended Pregnancy in the United States  [PDF version] August 2011
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

The Role of Family Planning Centers as Gateways To Health Coverage and Care  [PDF version] June 2011
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

As Global Commitment to Reproductive Health Intensifies, U.S. Leadership More Important Than Ever  [PDF version] March 2011
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

Holding on to Health Reform and What We’ve Gained for Reproductive Health [PDF] February 2011
Adam Sonfield and Rachel Benson Gold
Contraception

New Pregnancy Assistance Fund Under Health Care Reform: An Analysis  [PDF version] October 2010
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

Preempting the Need to Repair: Toward a Comprehensive U.S. Policy on Obstetric Fistula  [PDF version] August 2010
Sneha Barot
Guttmacher Policy Review

The Potential of Health Care Reform to Improve Pregnancy-Related Services and Outcomes  [PDF version] August 2010
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review

Contraception: An Integral Component of Preventive Care for Women  [PDF version] June 2010
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review

Home Visiting for At Risk Families: A Primer On a Major Obama Administration Initiative  [PDF version] August 2009
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

The Reproductive Health Needs of Refugees and Displaced People: An Opening for Renewed U. S. Leadership  [PDF version] August 2009
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health Advances Maternal Health  [PDF version] June 2009
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

The Impact of Government Programs on Reproductive Health Disparities: Three Case Studies  [PDF version] August 2008
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Role of Contraception in Preventing HIV  [PDF version] February 2008
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

Young People Need Help in Preventing Pregnancy and HIV; How Will the World Respond  [PDF version] August 2007
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

Lessons for Family Planning Providers from Transitions In Maternal and Child Health Funding  [PDF version] March 2007
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review

Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of People Living with HIV  [PDF version] November 2006
In Brief

Preventing Unintended Pregnancy: The Need And the Means  [PDF version] December 2003
Adam Sonfield
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

Women and Societies Benefit When Childbearing Is Planned  [PDF version] August 2002
Patricia Donovan and Deirdre Wulf
Issues in Brief

Family Planning Can Reduce High Infant Mortality Levels  [PDF version] April 2002
Patricia Donovan and Deirdre Wulf
Issues in Brief

Teen Pregnancy: Trends And Lessons Learned  [PDF version] February 2002
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

State Responses to Substance Abuse Among Pregnant Women  [PDF version] December 2000
Cynthia Dailard and Elizabeth Nash
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

"In Brief"

Learning from Adolescents to Prevent HIV and Unintended Pregnancy [PDF] September 2007

Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of People Living with HIV  [PDF version] November 2006

Maternidad temprana en Guatemala: un desafío constante [PDF] November 2006

Maternidad temprana en Honduras: un desafío constante [PDF] October 2006

Maternidad temprana en Nicaragua: un desafío constante [PDF] September 2006

Interpreting Research Studies [PDF] July 2006

Reducing Unintended Pregnancy in Nigeria [PDF] September 2005

Adolescents in Malawi: Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] March 2005

Adolescents in Uganda: Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] March 2005

Reducing Unintended Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion in Uganda [PDF] March 2005

Adolescents in Burkina Faso: Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] December 2004

Early Childbearing in Nigeria: A Continuing Challenge [PDF] December 2004

Adolescents in Ghana: Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] June 2004

Improving Reproductive Health in the Philippines [PDF] May 2003

Women and Societies Benefit When Childbearing Is Planned  [PDF version] August 2002
Patricia Donovan and Deirdre Wulf

Family Planning Can Reduce High Infant Mortality Levels  [PDF version] April 2002
Patricia Donovan and Deirdre Wulf

Highlighted research articles

Unintended Pregnancy in the United States: Incidence and Disparities, 2006 [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer and Mia R. Zolna
Contraception, August 2011

The Public Costs of Births Resulting from Unintended Pregnancies: National and State-Level Estimates  [PDF version]
Adam Sonfield, Kathryn Kost, Rachel Benson Gold and Lawrence B. Finer
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 43, Issue 2, 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

Unintended pregnancy among U.S. adolescents: accounting for sexual activity [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer, Ph.D.
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 46, Issue 4, April 2010

Changing Behavioral Risk for Pregnancy among High School Students in the United States, 1991-2007 [PDF]
John S. Santelli, MD, MPH, Mark Orr, PhD, Laura D. Lindberg PhD, and Daniela C. Diaz
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 44, Issue 7, July 2009

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

Pregnancy Intention from Men's Perspectives: Does Child Support Enforcement Matter?  [PDF version]
Chien-Chung Huang
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

Barreras para la maternidad segura en México [PDF] June 2010
Fátima Juárez, José Luis Palma, Susheela Singh y Akinrinola Bankole

U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity [PDF] January 2010

Barriers to Safe Motherhood in India [PDF] July 2009
Susheela Singh, Lisa Remez, Usha Ram, Ann M. Moore and Suzette Audam

Adolescent Marriage and Childbearing in India: Current Situation and Recent Trends [PDF] June 2009
Ann M. Moore, Susheela Singh, Usha Ram, Lisa Remez and Suzette Audam

Barriers to Safe Motherhood in Nigeria [PDF] May 2009
Akinrinola Bankole, Gilda Sedgh, Friday Okonofua, Collins Imarhiagbe, Rubina Hussain and Deirdre Wulf

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

Morbilidad por aborto en Guatemala: Una visión de la comunidad [PDF] November 2006
Sandra Sáenz de Tejada, Elena Prada y Gonzalo Ball

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

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Uganda: A Synthesis of Research Evidence [PDF] December 2004
Stella Neema, Nakanyike Musisi and Richard Kibombo

Assessing Costs and Benefits of Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions [PDF] December 2004
Michael Vlassoff, Susheela Singh, Jacqueline E. Darroch, Erin Carbone and Stan Bernstein

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Malawi: A Synthesis of Research Evidence [PDF] December 2004
Alister C. Munthali, Agnes Chimbiri and Eliya Zulu

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ghana: A Synthesis of Research Evidence [PDF] June 2004
Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Albert M. Abane and Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme

Santé sexuelle et de la reproduction des jeunes au Burkina Faso: Un etat des lieux [PDF] May 2004
Georges Gueilla

Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion: Public Challenges in Latin America and The Caribbean [PDF] November 2001

Why Is Teenage Pregnancy Declining? The Roles of Abstinence, Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use [PDF] December 1999
Jacqueline E. Darroch and Susheela Singh

Teenagers' Pregnancy Intentions and Decisions: A Study of Young Women in California Choosing to Give Birth  [PDF version] January 1999
Jennifer J. Frost and Selene Oslak

Memos and statements

Estimating Unintended Pregnancies Averted by Couple-Years of Protection [PDF] September 2011
Jacqueline E. Darroch and Susheela Singh

Teen Pregnancy Rate Declines: A Response to Adolescent & Family Health [PDF] April 2003

Audio clips

Guttmacher Exchange: The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health September 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.

Teenage Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in Developed Countries: Can More Progress Be Made? [PDF] November 2001
Jacqueline E. Darroch, Jennifer J. Frost, Susheela Singh and The Study Team

Into A New World: Young Women's Sexual and Reproductive Lives [PDF] January 1998

Hopes and Realities: Closing the Gap Between Women's Aspirations and their Reproductive Experiences [PDF] January 1994

Top Resources on Pregnancy

Disparities in Rates of Unintended Pregnancy in the United States, 1994 and 2001 Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health article (June 2006)

Facts on Satisfying the Need for Contraception in Developing Countries [PDF] This November 2010 fact sheet updates several key findings on the impact of fully meeting the need for family planning services in developing countries. (June 2010)

U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity [PDF] ( January 2010)

 
 

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