Moving research to action
A special issue of the African Journal of Reproductive Health featuring new research from Guttmacher’s Protecting the Next Generation project will be highlighted this week at "Investing in Young People’s Health and Development," an international conference on evidence-based policies and programs for youth in Abuja, Nigeria…more
Unsafe abortion kills over 3,000 Nigerian women each year
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of photoshareBy conservative estimates, complications from unsafe abortion kill more than 3,000 women each year, according to a new study published in the March 2008 issue of International Family Planning Perspectives. Though abortion is illegal in Nigeria except to save a woman’s life, previous research has shown that many women will risk the dangers of a clandestine procedure rather than carry an unintended pregnancy to term...more
Medicaid family planning expansions showcase innovation
State officials have demonstrated enormous creativity and entrepreneurship in designing and implementing Medicaid family planning expansions, with important lessons for states’ programs and for Medicaid and health care reform efforts more broadly...more
Single women have sex too
David Lees/Getty Images One-third of American women aged 20–44 are single, and nine in 10 of these women are sexually experienced. Yet policymakers continue to promote abstinence as the only option, ignoring the actual behaviors of the majority of Americans...more
Contraceptive services critical to HIV prevention, but mostly overlooked by policymakers
Helping HIV-positive women to avoid unintended pregnancy by integrating the provision of contraceptive services into programs where they receive HIV-related treatment means fewer unplanned births and fewer HIV-infected infants …more
U.S. abortion rate falls to lowest level since 1974
Despite these declines, slightly more than one in five pregnancies ended in abortion in 2005, an indicator of how much still needs to be done to help women and their partners avoid unintended pregnancy... more
Take Guttmacher’s annual pop quiz
How much do you know about sexual and reproductive health? To find out, take our annual pop quiz, developed by Guttmacher researchers and policy experts. Although the issues are in the news all the time, the facts are all too frequently misrepresented, and you may be surprised by what you learn...more
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