Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
 

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Fact sheets

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

"State Policies in Brief"

Sex and STD/HIV Education [PDF] September 2010

Highlighted policy articles

The Challenge in Helping Young Adults Better Manage Their Reproductive Lives  [PDF version] June 2009
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

Advocates Call for a New Approach After the Era of 'Abstinence-Only' Sex Education March 2009
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

Abortion and Women of Color: The Bigger Picture  [PDF version] August 2008
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

Legislating Against Arousal: The Growing Divide Between Federal Policy and Teenage Sexual Behavior  [PDF version] August 2006
Cynthia Dailard
Guttmacher Policy Review

Prevention Challenges: Reflections on the Roles of 'Fatigue' and 'Disinhibition'  [PDF version] May 2005
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

Teen Pregnancy: Trends And Lessons Learned  [PDF version] February 2002
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy

Highlighted research articles

Sex Redefined: The Reclassification of Oral-Genital Contact  [PDF version]
Jason D. Hans, Martie Gillen and Katrina Akande
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 42, Issue 2, June preview 2010

Trends in Premarital Sex in the United States, 1954-2003 [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer, PhD
Public Health Reports, January-February 2007

Opportunities for Action: Addressing Latina Sexual and Reproductive Health  [PDF version]
Risha Foulkes, Raquel Donoso, Beth Fredrick, Jennifer J. Frost and Susheela Singh
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2005

Heterosexual Genital Sexual Activity Among Adolescent Males: 1988 and 1995  [PDF version]
Gary J. Gates and Freya L. Sonenstein
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 6, November/December 2000

Trends in Sexual Activity Among Adolescent American Women: 1982-1995  [PDF version]
Susheela Singh and Jacqueline E. Darroch
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 31, Issue 5, September/October 1999

Reports

Sexual and Reproductive Health of U.S. Latinas: A Literature Review [PDF] January 2006
Jennifer J. Frost and Anne K. Driscoll

In Their Own Right: Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of American Men [PDF] January 2002

Slide shows

In Their Own Right: Addressing The Reproductive Health Needs of American Men January 2002

Audio clips

Guttmacher Exchange - In Their Own Right: Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young Men June 2008

Top Resources on Sex and Relationships

A, B and C in Uganda: Roles of Abstinence, Monogamy and Condom Use in HIV Decline [PDF] The reasons behind Uganda's success in turning the tide of the HIV/AIDS epidemic (June 2003)

Adding It Up: The Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care [PDF] Report covering the medical and nonmedical benefits of sexual and reproductive health (January 2004)

Sexual and Reproductive Health: Women and Men [PDF version] Fact sheet on men's and women's reproductive behavior (October 2002)

Sex, Marriage and Fathering: A Profile of Latin America Men [PDF] Regional summary of the needs of Latin American men (October 2004)

Sex, Marriage and Fathering: A Profile of Sub-Saharan African Men [PDF] Regional summary of the needs of Sub-Saharan African Men (November 2004)

 
 

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