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Guttmacher: Demographics

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If you want hard data, the Guttmacher Institute is your friend for all things sexual and reproductive health-related. They conduct epidemiological research regarding these topics in the United States and globally. 

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Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) Laws

guttmacher.org | February 2018

This Guttmacher Institute web-page is a toolkit for advocates, service providers, and policymakers to access data and information regarding the content of TRAP laws and their impacts on pregnant people. As described by the Guttmacher Institute, “[this toolkit] includes information on state laws and policies, a synthesis of the relevant research, information on states in which the issue has been debated in the past three years and links to state-specific data.”

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State Bans on Abortion Throughout Pregnancy

Guttmacher.org | Jan 1, 2020

This is a live page that tracks state regulation by gestational age. They also provide information about whether legislation is in effect or has been temporarily or permanently enjoined by court order.

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A Surge in Bans on Abortion as Early as Six Weeks, Before Most People Know They Are Pregnant

Guttmacher.org | By Elizabeth Nash | May 30, 2019

This page contains useful information about the 6 week bans introduced in 2019, including their trajectory through state court proceedings in their respective states.

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Induced Abortion in the United States

This is a Fact Sheet full of contextualizing statistics about induced abortion in the US. It is created and published by the the Guttmacher Institute, which is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States and globally. It describes the decreasing abortion rate since 1973, the demographics of the population that has abortions, the relative prevalence of medical vs. surgical abortion, and also contains some information about insurance coverage for abortion.

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