Guttmacher policy expert @kellybaden.bsky.social joined @mollyjongfast.bsky.social and leading reproductive rights advocates to examine the impact of US abortion bans and how lawmakers can build a future that protects #ReproductiveFreedom.
Watch now: https://gu.tt/4rW45pV
For #InternationalWomensDay, @nature.com highlighted women colleagues who inspire award-winning scientists. Guttmacher Principal Research Scientist Chelsea Polis nominated Onikepe Owolabi, our VP for Int'l Research, recognizing her leadership and commitment to strengthening global #SRHR evidence.
At the upper left of the image, bold off-white text reads "The Anti-Abortion Agenda" with smaller off-white text below reading "creeping into classrooms." The background is a deep cool blue with three yellow school chairs across from each other and a table between them.
At the center of the image, a bold off-white heading "Required anti-abortion messages." Below it, the sentence continues in smaller off-white text reading "are more common as part of sex education or STI/HIV instruction than information on consent and menstrual health." The background is a deep cool blue.
Collaborating with @guttmacher.org, SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change released a policy brief examining the new frontline for attacks on reproductive anatomy: the sex ed classroom.
Download The Fight for Facts 👇
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Navy blue text in a yellow box reads, “A new approach to measuring contraceptive need in the US.” Below, white text on a violet background says, “Health care systems should be designed to provide the care people need and want.”
Navy blue text in a yellow box reads, “A new approach to measuring contraceptive need in the US.” Below, white text on a navy and violet background says, “Background: Guttmacher previously estimated contraceptive need in the US using a metric based on women’s sexual experience and assumed risk for unintended pregnancy. The new metric: Developed by Guttmacher, the University of California, Berkeley, the Coalition to Expand Contraceptive Access & other experts, the new self-defined metric takes a more person-centered approach to measuring contraceptive need. The data: 51.9 million women in the United States had a self-defined need for contraceptive care in 2023."
Everyone deserves contraception that meets their unique needs & preferences.
To improve access, Guttmacher, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social the Coalition to Expand Contraceptive Access & other experts developed a new person-centered approach to measuring contraceptive need. https://gu.tt/46zOyTW
Guttmacher celebrates the EU Commission’s decision to allow existing funds for safe abortion access. It’s a step forward, but more action is needed to ensure all women across the EU can fully exercise their reproductive rights. https://gu.tt/3ODjkFm
#ReproRights #GenderEquality #SRHR
Guttmacher Principal Research Scientist Chelsea Polis co-edited a special issue of Contraception and co-authored the accompanying editorial examining the rapid rise of FemTech in sexual and reproductive health, including its promise and risks.
Find the editorial on our website: gu.tt/3MQIorK
During #BlackHistoryMonth and every day, we celebrate the Black women and communities whose vision and leadership shaped the #ReproductiveJustice movement. Their commitment to our shared mission continues to inspire us in the fight to ensure bodily autonomy for all.
The #GlobalGagRule is back—and this time, it may do more harm than ever before.
Here’s how the expanded policy works, and why Congress must act now to stop it ⬇️
It has now been one year of the second Trump administration, with many attacks to sexual and reproductive health, rights, & justice aligning entirely with Project 2025’s blueprint. Learn more from Amy Friedrich-Karnik & Anna Bernstein of @guttmacher.org in this week's #podcast episode:
The Oscar-nominated documentary short, The Devil Is Busy, follows staff at the Feminist Center for Reproductive Liberation in Georgia, a state with a 6-week abortion ban.
Get an inside look from our Co-President & CEO Destiny Lopez, & stream #TheDevilIsBusy on @hbo.bsky.social now.
gu.tt/46VeCJe
Louisiana's lawsuit against the FDA is not about safety, it's a brazen attempt to restrict #mifepristone access across the US.
Guttmacher expert Anna Bernstein explains the potential consequences of reinstating medically unnecessary requirements for mife via @statesnewsroom.com: gu.tt/4cIS0iS
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Guttmacher expert Rachel Jones spoke with @cnn.com about our new data showing a 2% decline in the number of brick-and-mortar abortion clinics in the US between 2024 & 2025. These findings underscore just how volatile #AbortionAccess continues to be post Dobbs. https://gu.tt/40gawaP
This Black Herstory Month & Sexual/Reproductive Health Awareness Day, we honor Black researchers advancing maternal health through evidence, policy & justice.
✨ Dr. June Dobbs Butts (in loving memory)
✨ Dr. Shemeka Thorpe
✨ Dr. Khiara Bridges
✨ Dr. Rachel Hardeman
This Valentine’s Day, spread love for all and support access to care for everyone. ❤️🩺 #HealthPolicyValentines
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Let’s raise our voices in support of reproductive health & rights for all! 💪💖
#HealthPolicyValentines
This is the US exerting control over what the rest of the world can do.
On the SRHM Podcast, Elizabeth Sully & Amy Friedrich-Karnik unpack what the expanded #GlobalGagRule means for UN agencies and global organizations.
Listen here: https://gu.tt/4quN7gE
Map of the United States with color-coding to show how each state is categorized by abortion policies, ranging from most restrictive to most protective. White text on a navy blue bar at the top says, “Abortion policies in effect as of February 8, 2026.”
An Arizona court just struck down major abortion restrictions in the state.
After Arizonans enshrined #AbortionRights in the state constitution in 2024, this ruling is a key step toward expanding access.
Explore the policies in effect in every US state: https://gu.tt/4985P4S
🎉🎉🎉BREAKING GOOD NEWS: Today, an Arizona state court permanently blocked several burdensome and medically unnecessary abortion restrictions. This decision is a huge victory that will significantly expand abortion access in the state! bit.ly/4qkwjJe
BREAKING: An Arizona state court permanently blocked several abortion restrictions, including a law forcing patients to make two trips to a provider and a ban on telemedicine abortion.
This is a big win for reproductive freedom in the state.
Pregnant immigrant women in the US face a dire and inhumane choice: seek prenatal care while risking arrest and detainment, or go without critical services.
No one should live in fear or face violence in order to get essential care. https://gu.tt/3ZRBSE3
White text on a navy blue and pink background promotes a webinar on February 17, 10:30-11:30 am ET, called "Disrupting Mis- and Disinformation: Foregrounding Facts on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Against the Threat of Junk Science. Below, a list of speaker details and photos includes panelists Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin and Kelly Baden, and moderator Renee Bracey Sherman.
On 2/17, join us, @msmagazine.com & @oneillinstitute.bsky.social for a timely webinar on how to disrupt the mis- & disinformation reshaping the SRH landscape in the US.
Hear from experts @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social, @renee.bsky.social & @kellybaden.bsky.social.
RSVP: https://gu.tt/4qud7cF
White and yellow text on a navy blue background says, "Canada's investments in sexual and reproductive health have life-saving impacts worldwide. Any cuts to this aid come amid a global decline in funding, jeopardizing decades of progress."
White and yellow text on a navy blue background says, "Canada’s 2023–2024 investment of CA$76.2M in family planning prevented 1.6 million unintended pregnancies, averting 478,000 unsafe abortions and 2,100 maternal deaths."
White and yellow text on a navy blue background says, "For every potential CA$10M decrease in family planning investments, 623K fewer people would have access to contraceptive services, leading to an additional 213K unintended pregnancies, 63K unsafe abortions, and 277 maternal deaths."
White and yellow text on a navy blue background says, "Canada's SRHR investments work. After more than a decade of sustained investment, Canada’s rights-based SRHR financing has delivered measurable, life-saving impact. Canada's leadership is critical now more than ever."
Canada’s longstanding investment in sexual and reproductive health (#SRH) has delivered measurable results. Our analysis with the Future Planning Initiative highlights why this leadership is worth protecting. Read more: https://gu.tt/3ZRRiYR
@oxfamcanada.bsky.social
#GlobalHealth #FamilyPlanning
"In 2026, #MedicationAbortion remains one of the central battlegrounds in the fight over reproductive autonomy"—Guttmacher expert @kimyaf.bsky.social on the nearly 200 anti-abortion state bills introduced this year, many of which target abortion pills. More: https://gu.tt/4qjuYT6 @statesnewsroom.com
Thank you @murray.senate.gov and @hirono.senate.gov for defending the reproductive freedom of all veterans and their loved ones.
The Trump administration's ban on abortion counseling and services through the Dept. of Veterans Affairs is a cruel attack on anyone who relies on the VA for care.
White and yellow text on a navy blue background says, “Medication abortion does not impact US water supplies. Anti-abortion lawmakers & activists are falsely claiming that it does.” An icon depicting a water droplet and waves appears behind the text.
White and yellow text on a navy blue background says, "Attacking mifepristone through environmental regulation is a misleading ploy to stigmatize and restrict abortion access. Policymakers must reject baseless claims and advance evidence-based protections for water supplies."
Mifepristone is safe, effective & essential. Despite increasing false claims from anti-abortion lawmakers & activists, it does not impact US waterways or drinking water.
Environmental attacks on mife are misleading & blatant ploys to stigmatize & restrict abortion access. https://gu.tt/4j0sgj4
We're thrilled to have our experts @imaddowzimet.bsky.social & @kimyaf.bsky.social featured on @societyfp.bsky.social's list of Most-Talked-About Family Planning Publications.
Congratulations to all of the authors on the list!
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As evidence is sidelined in #SRH policy, quality research matters.
Our new global findings show:
- Misinformation can impede access to pregnancy termination
- Where indicators fall short & why better measures matter
- Gaps in pharmacy-based medication abortion care
More: https://gu.tt/4k3HrbQ
We stand with @detentionwatchnetwork.org and more than 1000 organizations in calling on Congress to immediately halt funding for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) until the violence, abuses and deaths stop.
Read the letter: gu.tt/4qPXigM
Navy and violet text on a white background features a statement on the new global gag rule from Guttmacher Director of Federal Policy Amy Friedrich-Karnik. The statement says, “The Trump administration just announced an extreme and far-reaching policy restricting foreign aid that amounts to a supercharged global gag rule. This policy exports harsh US abortion bans and ideologically driven mandates to countries around the world, interventions that also threaten a range of health services and equity initiatives.”
The Trump administration’s latest policy restricting foreign aid builds on harmful actions that deny almost 50 million women & girls contraceptive care each year & undermine years of bipartisan investment in global health & gender equality.
Our full statement: https://gu.tt/3M3rLZB
#GlobalGagRule
