Media Kits
An Overview of Abortion in the United States June 2005
Fact Sheets
Induced Abortion in the United States [] May 2005
In the Know: Questions About Pregnancy, Contraception and Abortion March 2004
State Facts About Abortion March 2004
Induced Abortion Worldwide [] January 1999
State Policies in Brief (updated monthly)
September 2005
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Policy Analysis
Lessons from Before Roe: Will Past be Prologue? [] August 2003
Rachel Benson Gold
Issues in Brief
Mifepristone in the United States: Status and Future [] August 2002
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Global Gag Rule: Exporting Antiabortion Ideology at the Expense of American Values [] June 2001
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
A Message to the President: Abortion Can Be Safe, Legal and Still Rare [] February 2001
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Minors and the Right to Consent to Health Care [] August 2000
Heather Boonstra and Elizabeth Nash
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Revisiting Public Funding of Abortion for Poor Women [] July 2000
Heather Boonstra and Adam Sonfield
Issues in Brief
Abortion in Context: United States and Worldwide [] May 1999
Cynthia Dailard
Issues in Brief
The Role of Contraception in Reducing Abortion January 1998
Susan A. Cohen
Issues in Brief
Late-Term Abortions: Legal Considerations [] January 1997
Issues in Brief
The Limitations of U.S. Statistics on Abortion [] January 1997
Issues in Brief
An Overview of Clandestine Abortion in Latin America [] December 1996
Deirdre Wulf
Issues in Brief
Research in Brief
September 2005
March 2005
May 2003
Highlighted Articles
Reasons U.S. Women Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives []
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
Abortion Incidence and Services in the United States []
Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Volume 35 , Issue 1, January/February 2003
The Accessibility of Abortion Services in the United States, 2001 []
Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Volume 35 , Issue 1, January/February 2003
Contraceptive Use Among U.S. Women Having Abortions in 2000-2001 []
Rachel K. Jones, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Volume 34 , Issue 6, November/December 2002
Patterns in the Socioeconomic Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions in 2000-2001 []
Rachel K. Jones, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Volume 34 , Issue 5, September/October 2002
Mifepristone for Early Medical Abortion: Experiences in France, Great Britain and Sweden []
Rachel K. Jones and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Volume 34 , Issue 3, May/June 2002
Abortion Training in U.S. Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Programs, 1998 []
Rene Almeling, Laureen Tews and Susan Dudley
Family Planning Perspectives Volume 32 , Issue 6, November/December 2000
Teenage Abortion and Pregnancy Statistics by State, 1996 []
Stanley K. Henshaw and Dina J. Feivelson
Family Planning Perspectives Volume 32 , Issue 6, November/December 2000
Unintended Pregnancy in the United States []
Stanley K. Henshaw
Family Planning Perspectives Volume 30 , Issue 1, January/February 1998
Stanley K. Henshaw
Family Planning Perspectives Volume 27 , Issue 3, May/June 1995
Reports
November 2001
June 1999
Statistics
May 2005
Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw
Public Funding for Contraceptive, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980-2001 January 2005
February 2004
U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics: With Comparative Statistics for Women aged 20-24 [] February 2004
Stanley K. Henshaw
Presentation Tools
An Overview of Abortion in the U.S. January 2003
State-by-State Trends in Abortion in the United States January 2003
Trends in Abortion in the United States, 1973-2000 January 2003
Occasional Reports
May 2005
Elena Prada, Florence Mirembe, Florence Mirembe, Fatima H. Ahmed, Rose Nalwadda and Charles Kiggundu
