Guttmacher Institute

U.S. international family planning aid is helping 25 million women and couples in the world’s poorest countries access contraceptive services and supplies this year. gu.tt/JustTheNumbers

Our U.S. state policy experts are happy to report an ongoing surge in measures to protect or expand access to reproductive health care in the first three months of 2018. gu.tt/StateTrends2018Q1

Abortion is safe when performed according to medically recommended guidelines. Training a broader range of health providers can help increase safety. gu.tt/GlobalAbortion

Increased use of modern contraceptive methods has contributed to an overall decline in rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion worldwide between 1990 and 2014. gu.tt/9fLSv1

Abortion occurs at similar rates in countries where it is highly restricted and where it is broadly legal. Restrictions simply make the abortions that do occur more likely to be unsafe. gu.tt/9fLSv1

Worldwide, abortion rates fell between 1990 and 2014, but declines have been uneven across regions. gu.tt/9fLSv1

—Sneha Barot, Senior Policy Manager gu.tt/GlobalUnintendedPregnancy

Globally, women and couples increasingly wish to have small families and to control the timing and spacing of births, but progress on preventing unintended pregnancy has been uneven. gu.tt/GlobalUnintendedPregnancy

In 2017, 58% of women in the U.S. lived in a state that is either hostile or extremely hostile to #abortion rights, compared to 30% who lived in a state that is supportive. Gu.tt/statetrends2017

NEW: Even as the assault on SRHR continued, 2017 saw a dramatic upsurge in proactive efforts to expand access to abortion and contraception and to protect reproductive rights. Gu.tt/statetrends2017

NEW: During the 2017 state legislative session, 19 states enacted 63 new abortion restrictions. There have been 401 new abortion restrictions enacted since January 2011, accounting for 34% of the 1,193 total restrictions enacted since abortion was legalized nationwide in 1973. Gu.tt/statetrends2017

When young people face barriers to confidential care, they may choose not to obtain needed sexual and reproductive health services, our experts find. gu.tt/4dUJbd

Today, we’re saying #ThxBirthControl! Why? Because women and couples use contraceptives to have healthier pregnancies, help time and space births or avoid childbearing altogether. These are just a few of the many reasons to celebrate birth control! gu.tt/3ZwBo4

Family planning policies and services must ensure that all individuals are able to make free and informed choices about what contraceptive method(s) to use. gu.tt/MethodChoice

Contraception is not one size fits all. Every individual must be able to choose the best method(s) for their needs. gu.tt/MethodChoice

Protecting the right of all people to choose the birth control method they prefer prevents reproductive coercion. gu.tt/MethodChoice

Together, poor women and low-income women (those with incomes less than 200% of the federal poverty level) made up 75% of abortion patients in 2014. gu.tt/Abortion2014