Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
 

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Fact sheets

Facts on Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Africa [PDF] October 2009

Facts on Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Asia [PDF] October 2009

Facts on Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF] October 2009

Facts on Induced Abortion Worldwide  [PDF version] October 2009

Highlighted policy articles

Facts and Consequences: Legality and Safety of Abortion Worldwide  [PDF version] December 2009
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

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

An Overview of Clandestine Abortion in Latin America  [PDF version] December 1996
Deirdre Wulf
Issues in Brief

"In Brief"

Interpreting Research Studies [PDF] July 2006

Abortion in Context: United States and Worldwide  [PDF version] May 1999
Cynthia Dailard

An Overview of Clandestine Abortion in Latin America  [PDF version] December 1996
Deirdre Wulf

Highlighted research articles

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

The High Cost of Unsafe Abortion [PDF]
Susheela Singh and Iqbal H. Shah
id21 health focus, August 2007

Mifepristone for Early Medical Abortion: Experiences in France, Great Britain and Sweden  [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 34, Issue 3, May/June 2002

Reports

Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress [PDF] October 2009
Susheela Singh, Deirdre Wulf, Rubina Hussain, Akinrinola Bankole and Gilda Sedgh

Preventing Unsafe Abortion and its Consequences: Priorities for Research and Action [PDF] March 2006

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

Sharing Responsibility: Women Society and Abortion Worldwide [PDF] June 1999

Slide shows

Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress  [PDF version] October 2009

Abortion: Worldwide Levels and Trends October 2009

 

Consortium for Research On Unsafe Abortion in Africa tools for researchers focused on Africa

 

Top Resources on Abortion

An Overview of Abortion Laws [PDF] (Updated Monthly)

Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States [PDF version] Fact sheet containing the most up-to-date research and policy information (May 2010)

Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress [PDF]
      Executive Summary [PDF]
(October 2009)

Facts on Induced Abortion Worldwide [PDF version] (October 2009)

An Overview of Abortion in the United States Slide presentation showing the current status of abortion in the U.S. (October 2009)

Trends in the Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions, 1974–2004 (with supplementary tables) [PDF] ( September 2008)

State Facts About Abortion State-level fact sheets (January 2008)

Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress (Executive Summary) [PDF] ( October 2009)

 
 

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