Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
 

show only:

Fact sheets

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

"State Policies in Brief"

Infant Abandonment [PDF] September 2010

Minors' Access to Prenatal Care [PDF] September 2010

Substance Abuse During Pregnancy [PDF] September 2010

Highlighted policy articles

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 Impact of Government Programs on Reproductive Health Disparities: Three Case Studies  [PDF version] August 2008
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

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

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

Highlighted research articles

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

Contraceptive Use and Pregnancy Risk Among U.S. High School Students, 1991-2003  [PDF version]
John S. Santelli, Brian Morrow, John E. Anderson and Laura Duberstein Lindberg
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 2, June 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

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

Teenage Abortion and Pregnancy Statistics by State, 1996  [PDF version]
Stanley K. Henshaw and Dina J. Feivelson
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 6, November/December 2000

Unintended Pregnancy in the United States  [PDF version]
Stanley K. Henshaw
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 30, Issue 1, January/February 1998

Reports

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

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

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

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)

Assessing Costs and Benefits of Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions [PDF] Detailed data and analysis on the benefits of investing in sexual and reproductive health care (December 2004)

 
 

Visit the Guttmacher Institute's State Center for state-specific information.

state center