Resources
Data
The most recent research and statistics on abortion access, contraception use, and other issues related to reproductive justice.
Abortion Access
Monthly Abortion Provision Study – From The Guttmacher Institute, April 2024. Includes state level abortion data, information about how patients travel to access abortion care, and how travel patterns are changing over time.
Contraception Access
Contraceptive Deserts – From Power to Decide. State and county level data on health centers offering full range of contraception.
#ThxBirthControl Survey – From Power to Decide, 11/2023. Survey of more than 1,000 assigned-female-at-birth people between age 15 and 29. Questions relate to attitudes, behavior, and knowledge of abortion care and birth control.
FACTSHEETS ON CONTRACEPTION
- Coverage for an Extended Supply of Contraception – Power to Decide, 08/2023
- Pharmacist Prescribing of Hormonal Contraceptives – Power to Decide, 05/2023
- State Actions to Expand Contraceptive Coverage – Power to Decide, 06/2023
- Contraceptive Desert Fact Sheet – Power to Decide.
Maternal Mortality
U.S. State Maternal Deaths and Mortality Rates per 100,000 Live Births 2018 -2022 – From The Kaiser Family Foundation, 2022
MEDICAID
FACTSHEETS ON MEDICAID
- Medicaid State Fact Sheets – The Kaiser Family Foundation, 8/14/2024. Links to state-by-state fact sheets with detailed information about Medicaid and CHIP enrollees and expenditures.
Pregnancy Criminalization
Data Center: Pregnancy Criminalization – From Pregnancy Justice. State by state data of arrests and other criminal penalties resulting from pregnancy status.
FACTSHEETS ON PREGNANCY CRIMINALIZATION
- Pregnancy as a Crime: A Preliminary Report on the First Year After Dobbs – Pregnancy Justice, 09/2024. A report detailing the more than 200 pregnant people charged with crimes for activity related to pregnancy, pregnancy loss, or birth in the year after the Dobbs decision.
- Clinical Drug Testing of Pregnant People and Newborns – Pregnancy Justice, 02/2024. Drug testing in medical settings without consent disproportionately impacts Black women and mothers and can lead to family separation and criminalization.
Support for Families
Post-Dobbs Abortion Restrictions and the Families They Leave Behind – From the American Journal of Public Health, 09/04/2024. A study from researchers at Northwestern Medicine demonstrating that states with severe abortion bans invest less in support for families – including parental leave and state-sponsored nutrition programs.
