The Guttmacher institute will participate at the Population Association of America (PAA) annual meeting in Washington, DC, on April 10–13, 2025. At the conference, demographers and social and health scientists will present their research in oral and poster sessions.

This year, Guttmacher is excited to be facilitating discussions, presenting with fellow researchers and giving poster talks on topics such as abortion in the United States since Roe v. Wade was overturned, sexual and reproductive health care for adolescents, and multiple factors impacting fertility patterns around the globe. We will also be presenting new cutting-edge models with partners in the Family Planning Impact Consortium, showing the impact of family planning on women’s social and economic well-being. 

Join us and our peers in these important conversations and at the following PAA sessions:

(All times are in Eastern Daylight Time)

Friday, April 11

9:30–10:45 AM

Session 34: Abortion in the United States After Dobbs 

Trends in Abortion Incidence in the United States Two Years Post-Dobbs        

Presenter: Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Guttmacher Institute 

Isabel DoCampo, Guttmacher Institute 

Rachel Jones, Guttmacher Institute

Ava Braccia, Guttmacher Institute

11:00 AM–12:15 PM

Session 53: Abortion Worldwide

Age-Specific Abortion Rates in Western European Countries

Presenter: Octavia Mulhern, Guttmacher Institute

Ellie Leong, Guttmacher Institute

Mariah Menanno, Guttmacher Institute 

Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute  

Jonathan Bearak, Guttmacher Institute

Global Tendencies in Abortion Attitudes, and Rates of Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy, by Abortion Legislation

Karin Bage, Karolinska Institutet

Jonathan Bearak, Guttmacher Institute

Signe Svallfors, Stockholm University

Elin Larsson, Karolinska Institutet

Bi Puranen, World Values Survey

Amanda Cleeve, Karolinska Institutet

Kristina Gemzell, Karolinska Institutet

Anna Mia Ekstrom, Karolinska Institutet

Helena Litorp, Uppsala University

Anna Kagesten, Karolinska Institutet

2:00–3:15 PM 

Session 77: Innovative Methodologies in Abortion Research

Quality of Medication Abortion Services from Pharmacies and Drug Stores in Ethiopia: A Mystery Client Study

Presenter: Alice Cartwright, Guttmacher Institute

Stephanie Küng, Guttmacher Institute

Delayehu Bekele, St. Paul Institute for Reproductive Health and Rights

Niguse Tadele, Addis Ababa University

Mahari Yihdego, Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) Ethiopia 

Kidist Lemma, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College

Tesfaye Hurisa, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College. 

Using Respondent-Driven Sampling to Understand Care-Seeking Behavior Among Women Who Have Had a Recent Abortion in Kenya

Presenter: Margaret Giorgio, Guttmacher Institute

Kenneth Juma, African Population Health and Research Center (APHRC)

Onikepe Owolabi, Guttmacher Institute

Isaiah Akuku, APHRC                

 

Session 79: Policy Environments of Abortion and Reproductive Health

Effects of the Dobbs Decision on Abortion-Related Service Provision Among Family Planning Clinics: Results from a Qualitative Study 

Presenter: Jennifer Mueller, Guttmacher Institute

Alicia VandeVusse, Guttmacher Institute 

Sidney Cech, Guttmacher Institute

Octavia Mulhern, Guttmacher Institute

5:00 PM–6:15 PM         

Session 109: Methodological and Data Innovations in Fertility and Family Planning

Discussant: Elizabeth Sully, Guttmacher Institute

Saturday, April 12

8:30 AM–10:00 AM 

Session P05: Neighborhoods and Communities/Race and Ethnicity/Legal Institutions

Poster: The Impact of State Abortion Bans on the Health Care Needs and Care-Seeking Behaviors of People Accessing Medication Abortion Online: A Pilot of the Online Medication Abortion Study

Presenter: Elizabeth Sully, Guttmacher Institute

Isabel DoCampo, Guttmacher Institute

Sidney Cech, Guttmacher Institute

Abigail Aiken, University of Texas at Austin

Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Guttmacher Institute

10:30 AM–12:00 PM 

Session P06: Mortality and Morbidity/Demography of Low- and Middle-Income Countries 

Poster: Modeling Global Historical Trends in Conditional Unintended Birth Rates by Moving Toward a More Specific Definition of Fertility Intention

Presenter: Jessica Rosenberg, Guttmacher Institute 

Jewel Gausman, Guttmacher Institute 

Jonathan Bearak, Guttmacher Institute        

3:30 PM–4:45 PM

Session 214: Policy and Contextual Effects on Sexual and Gender Minority Well-being

Availability of Protocols Supporting Transgender and Gender Expansive Patients: Results From a National Survey of Family Planning Clinics

Presenter: Alicia VandeVusse, Guttmacher Institute

Madeleine Haas, Guttmacher Institute 

Priscille Osias, Guttmacher Institute

Jennifer Mueller, Guttmacher Institute

Barriers to the Enjoyment of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Lesbian and Bisexual Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Mozambique

Presenter: Carlos Arnaldo, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Boaventura Cao, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Monica Frederico, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Estevao Mahice, Centro de Pesquisa em Populacao e Saude

Ann Moore, Guttmacher Institute     

Melissa Stillman, Guttmacher Institute                        

Session 210: Inequality in Fertility

Unintended Pregnancy and Gender Inequality Worldwide: An Ecological Analysis

Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute  

Jonathan Bearak, Guttmacher Institute        

Sunday, April 13

8:30 AM–10:00 AM            

Session P09: Fertility, Family Planning, Sexual Behavior, and Reproductive Health 

Poster: Provision of Person-Centered Contraceptive Care to Adolescents: Results from National Survey of Family Planning Clinics     

Presenter: Jennifer Mueller, Guttmacher Institute

Madeleine Haas, Guttmacher Institute 

Priscille Osias, Guttmacher Institute

Alicia VandeVusse, Guttmacher Institute

Laura Lindberg, Rutgers University

Poster: Provision and Perception of Telehealth Among Publicly Funded Family Planning Clinics in the United States: Results from a National Survey                        

Presenter: Alicia VandeVusse, Guttmacher Institute

Madeleine Haas, Guttmacher Institute 

Priscille Osias, Guttmacher Institute

Jennifer Mueller, Guttmacher Institute

Poster: Abortion, Contraception, and LGBTQ+ rights: Examining Anti-SRHR strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Presenter: Ann Moore, Guttmacher Institute

Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute  

Mariam Gulaid, Guttmacher Institute

Poster: Social Norms and Premarital Use of Family Planning Among Adolescents and Young People in Uganda

Presenter: Justine Bukenya, Makarere University

Melissa Stillman, Guttmacher Institute 

Tonny Ssekamatte, Makarere University School of Public Health

Robinah Komuhendo, Makarere University School of Public Health

Audrey Maynard, Guttmacher Institute

Ann Moore, Guttmacher Institute                                     

9:00 AM–10:15 AM      

Session 231: Adolescent Fertility: Data and Measurement Considerations

Chair: Elizabeth Sully, Guttmacher Institute                             

Adolescent Birth Rates: Comparing the Standard with the Conditional Unintended Birth Rate Across Age Groups

Presenter: Jewel Gausman, Guttmacher Institute 

Jessica Rosenberg, Guttmacher Institute 

Jonathan Bearak, Guttmacher Institute

10:30 AM–11:45 AM 

Session 250: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Policies and Programs

Chair: Jewel Gausman, Guttmacher Institute

Session 251: Contraceptive Policies Shaping Access, Use, and Reproductive Outcomes

Discussant: Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Guttmacher Institute

Investing in Reproductive Health: Contraceptive Use and Preference Fulfillment Among Low-Income Individuals Across State Policy Contexts

Presenter: Hannah Olson, Guttmacher Institute

Ayana Douglas-Hall, Guttmacher Institute 

Madeleine Haas, Guttmacher Institute

Megan Kavanaugh, Guttmacher Institute

Family Planning Impact Consortium

Sunday, April 13

8:30 AM–10:00 AM 

Session P09: Fertility, Family Planning, Sexual Behavior, and Reproductive Health

Poster: Conceptual Pathways of Contraception to Women’s Economic Empowerment: A Narrative Review

Jocelyn Finlay, Harvard University

Poster: Contraceptive Trajectories and Women’s Years of Employment Activity in Low-Income Countries: Combining Fictive Cohorts, Contraceptive Calendar Data, and Sequence Analysis

Moussa Zan, Institut National de la Statistique et de la Demographie

Clementine Rossier, Universite de Geneve

Matthias Studer, Universite de Geneve

Oumarou Dao, Universite Joseph Ky-Zerbo

Georges Guiella, University of Montreal

10:30 AM–11:45 AM 

Session 250: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Policies and Programs

Chair: Jewel Gausman, Guttmacher Institute 

Family Planning and Female Economic Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Causal Analysis Across the Life Course

Jennifer Seager, George Washington University

Joan Hamory, University of Oklahoma

Luca Parisotto, Bocconi University 

Sarah Baird, George Washington University

Berk Ozler, The World Bank 

10:30–12:00 PM 

Session P10: Data and Methods/Other

Poster: How to Estimate Causal Effects Associated With Family Planning? An Introduction to Prince BART, a New Approach to Effect Estimation Based on Principal Stratification and Bayesian Nonparametric Models

Lucas Godoy Garraza, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Ilene Speizer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Leontine Alkema, University of Massachusetts at Amherst