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Fact sheets
Facts on Contraceptive Use in the United States [PDF version] June 2010
Facts on Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services in the United States [PDF version] May 2010
"State Policies in Brief"
Emergency Contraception [PDF] September 2010
Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives [PDF] September 2010
Minors' Access to Contraceptive Services [PDF] September 2010
Refusing to Provide Health Services [PDF] September 2010
Sex and STD/HIV Education [PDF] September 2010
State Family Planning Funding Restrictions [PDF] September 2010
State Medicaid Family Planning Eligibility Expansions [PDF] September 2010
Highlighted policy articles
Contraception: An Integral Component of Preventive Care for Women [PDF version] June 2010
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review
Past Due: Emergency Contraception In U.S. Reproductive Health Programs Overseas [PDF version] June 2010
Sneha Barot
Guttmacher Policy Review
Winning Campaign: California's Concerted Effort To Reduce Its Teen Pregnancy Rate [PDF version] June 2010
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Unintended Consequences: How Insurance Processes Inadvertently Abrogate Patient Confidentiality [PDF version] December 2009
Rachel Benson Gold
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
Family Planning and Health Care Reform: The Benefits and Challenges of Prioritizing Prevention [PDF version] March 2009
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review
Reclaiming the Lead: Restoring U.S. Leadership in Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy March 2009
Sneha Barot
Guttmacher Policy Review
Despite Consensus and Mounting Evidence, Challenges to Improved HIV-Reproductive Health Linkages Remain [PDF version] October 2008
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Back to Basics: The Rationale for Increased Funds for International Family Planning [PDF version] August 2008
Sneha Barot
Guttmacher Policy Review
Equipping Title X for the Future [PDF version] August 2008
Rachel Benson Gold
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
Summer Price Spike: A Case Study About Publicly Funded Clinics and the Cost of Contraceptive Supplies [PDF version] October 2006
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review
Rekindling Efforts to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy: A Matter of 'Equity and Common Sense' [PDF version] August 2006
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review
The Global Contraceptive Shortfall: U.S. Contributions and U.S. Hindrances [PDF version] June 2006
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Working to Eliminate the World's Unmet Need for Contraception [PDF version] March 2006
Adam Sonfield
Guttmacher Policy Review
The Broad Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF version] March 2004
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Preventing Unintended Pregnancy: The Need And the Means [PDF version] December 2003
Adam Sonfield
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Medicaid Family Planning Expansions Hit Stride [PDF version] October 2003
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Family Planning and The Campaigns Against Smoking and Obesity [PDF version] August 2003
Adam Sonfield
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Immigrants and Medicaid After Welfare Reform [PDF version] May 2003
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
New Medical Records Privacy Rule: The Interface with Teen Access to Confidential Care [PDF version] March 2003
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Emergency Contraception: Steps Being Taken to Improve Access [PDF version] December 2002
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Nowhere But Up: Rising Costs for Title X Clinics [PDF version] December 2002
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Emergency Contraception: The Need to Increase Public Awareness [PDF version] October 2002
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
New Medicaid Initiative, State Budget Woes Collide [PDF version] October 2002
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Federal Law Urged As Culmination of Contraceptive Insurance Coverage Campaign [PDF version] October 2001
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Challenges Facing Family Planning Clinics And Title X [PDF version] April 2001
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Title X: Three Decades of Accomplishment [PDF version] February 2001
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
School-Based Health Centers and the Birth Control Debate [PDF version] October 2000
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
The Need for and Cost of Mandating Private Insurance Coverage of Contraception [PDF version] August 1998
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
"In Brief"
Improving Contraceptive Use in the United States [PDF] May 2008
Highlighted research articles
How commonly do U.S. abortion clinics offer contraceptive services? [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Rachel K. Jones, Lawrence B. Finer
Contraception, May 2010
Better Than Nothing or Savvy Risk-Reduction Practice? The Importance of Withdrawal [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Julie Fennell, Jenny A. Higgins and Kelly Blanchard
Contraception, Volume 79, Issue 6, June 2009
Discontinuation and Resumption of Contraceptive Use: Results from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth [PDF]
Barbara Vaughan, James Trussell, Kathryn Kost, Susheela Singh and Rachel Jones
Contraception, Volume 78, Issue 4, October 2008
Trends in U.S. Women's Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services, 1995-2002
Jennifer J. Frost
American Journal of Public Health, Volume 98, Issue 9, September 2008
The Impact of Publicly Funded Family Planning Clinic Services on Unintended Pregnancies and Government Cost Savings [PDF]
Jennifer J. Frost, Lawrence B. Finer and Athena Tapales
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Volume 19, Issue 3, July 2008
Public and Private Providers' Involvement in Improving Their Patients' Contraceptive Use [PDF]
David Landry, Junhow Wei and Jennifer J. Frost
Contraception, Volume 78, Issue 1, July 2008
Factors Associated with Contraceptive Choice and Inconsistent Method Use, United States, 2004 [PDF]
Jennifer J. Frost and Jacqueline E. Darroch
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 40, Issue 2, June 2008
U.S. Women's One-Year Contraceptive Use Patterns, 2004 [PDF version]
Jennifer J. Frost, Susheela Singh and Lawrence B. Finer
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 39, Issue 1, March 2007
Provision of Contraceptive and Related Services By Publicly Funded Family Planning Clinics, 2003 [PDF version]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg, Jennifer J. Frost, Caroline Sten and Cynthia Dailard
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 3, September 2006
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
The Provision and Funding of Contraceptive Services at Publicly Funded Family Planning Agencies: 1995-2003 [PDF version]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg, Jennifer J. Frost, Caroline Sten and Cynthia Dailard
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 1, March 2006
Emergency Contraceptive Pills: Dispensing Practices, Knowledge and Attitudes of South Dakota Pharmacists [PDF version]
Kristi K. Van Riper and Wendy L. Hellerstedt
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2005
Confidential Reproductive Health Services for Minors: The Potential Impact of Mandated Parental Involvement for Contraception [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones and Heather Boonstra
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 5, September/October 2004
The Availability and Use of Publicly Funded Family Planning Clinics: U.S. Trends, 1994-2001 [PDF version]
Jennifer J. Frost, Lori Frohwirth and Alison Purcell
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 5, September/October 2004
U.S. Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives and the Impact Of Contraceptive Coverage Mandates, 2002 [PDF version]
Adam Sonfield, Rachel Benson Gold, Jennifer J. Frost
and Jacqueline E. Darroch
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 2, March/April 2004
Services for Men at Publicly Funded Family Planning Agencies, 1998-1999 [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Jennifer J. Frost
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 35, Issue 5, September/October 2003
U.S. Agencies Providing Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services in 1999 [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Jennifer J. Frost
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 34, Issue 1, January/February 2002
Current Contraceptive Research [PDF version]
Jill L. Schwartz and Henry L. Gabelnick
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 34, Issue 6, November/December 2002
Public or Private Providers? U.S. Women's Use Of Reproductive Health Services [PDF version]
Jennifer J. Frost
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33, Issue 1, January/February 2001
Family Planning Clinic Services in the United States: Patterns and Trends in the Late 1990s [PDF version]
Jennifer J. Frost, Nalini Ranjit, Kathleen Manzella, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Suzette Audam
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33, Issue 3, May/June 2001
Reproductive Health Services for Adolescents Under the State Children's Health Insurance Program [PDF version]
Rachel Benson Gold and Adam Sonfield
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33, Issue 2, March/April 2001
Forum: The Pill at 40—A New Look at a Familiar Method [PDF]
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 2, March/April 2000
Determinants of Trends in Condom Use In the United States, 1988-1995 [PDF version]
Akinrinola Bankole, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Susheela Singh
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 31, Issue 6, November/December 1999
Trends in Contraceptive Use In the United States: 1982-1995 [PDF version]
Linda J. Piccinino and William D. Mosher
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 30, Issue 1, January/February 1998
Reports
Contraceptive Needs and Services: National and State Data, 2008 Update [PDF] May 2010
Jennifer J. Frost, Stanley K. Henshaw and Adam Sonfield
A Real-Time Look at the Impact of the Recession on Women's Family Planning and Pregnancy Decisions [PDF] September 2009
Next Steps for America's Family Planning Program: Leveraging the Potential of Medicaid and Title X in an Evolving Health Care System [PDF] February 2009
Rachel Benson Gold, Adam Sonfield, Cory L. Richards and Jennifer J. Frost
Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2006 [PDF] February 2009
State Government Innovation in the Design and Implementation of Medicaid Family Planning Expansions [PDF] March 2008
Adam Sonfield, Casey Alrich and Rachel Benson Gold
Public Funding for Family Planning, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980-2006 [PDF] January 2008
Adam Sonfield, Casey Alrich and Rachel Benson Gold
Estimating the Impact of Serving New Clients by Expanding Funding for Title X [PDF] November 2006
Jennifer J. Frost, Adam Sonfield, Rachel Benson Gold and Fatima H. Ahmed
Estimating the Impact of Expanding Medicaid Eligibility for Family Planning Services [PDF] August 2006
Jennifer J. Frost, Adam Sonfield and Rachel Benson Gold
The Unfinished Revolution in Contraception: Convenience, Consumer Access and Choice [PDF] January 2004
In Their Own Right: Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of American Men [PDF] January 2002
Medicaid Support for Family Planning in the Managed Care Era [PDF] January 2001
Rachel Benson Gold, Cory L. Richards
Fulfilling the Promise: Public Policy and U.S. Family Planning Clinics [PDF] January 2000
Why Is Teenage Pregnancy Declining? The Roles of Abstinence, Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use [PDF] December 1999
Jacqueline E. Darroch and Susheela Singh
Cost to Employer Health Plans of Covering Contraceptives June 1998
Jacqueline E. Darroch
Slide shows
Improving Contraceptive Use in the United States January 2009
Memos and statements
Antiabortion Activists In Their Own Words: Contraception is Abortion [PDF] July 2008
Critical Role of Medicaid in Financing Family Planning Services-State-Level Data [PDF] March 2005
CMS study of Medicaid family planning waiver programs [PDF] January 2004
Audio clips
Guttmacher Exchange - In Their Own Right: Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young Men June 2008
Guttmacher Exchange: Medical Mistrust and Communities of Color February 2008
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