WR151 Reproduction in American Literature/Culture

The Global Abortion Incidence Dataset is a comprehensive dataset of abortion data from 1990 to 2018, which provides the first global compilation of national level abortion data and information on data sources and quality.

#WeCount is a national abortion reporting effort that aims to capture the shifts in
abortion access by state following the June 24, 2022 Dobbs v Jackson’s Women’s
Health Organization Supreme Court decision.

Public data include a county-by-month panel of travel distances to the nearest U.S. abortion provider from January 2009 through June 2021. Researchers can apply for restricted data identifying abortion facilities.

A data set of comprehensive historical statistics on the incidence of pregnancy, birth and abortion for people of all reproductive ages in the United States. National statistics cover the period from 1973 to 2017, the most recent year for which comparable data are available; state-level statistics are for selected years from 1988 to 2017.

Build, download and share custom tables, graphs and maps utilizing data on key sexual and reproductive health indicators from the Guttmacher Institute and other trusted sources.

Public health surveillance is the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of outcome-specific data for use in public health practice.

Find statistics from the CDC National Center for Health Statistics reports.

"World events continue to reveal the importance of understanding how women live across continents and cultures. Using maps, text, and other graphics in this new revision of her eye-opening book, Joni Seager employs up-to-the-minute research and data to show what shifts have occurred since the first edition was published over twenty years ago--the strides made by women and the distance still to be traveled. She explores the current status of women in relation to such key issues as: equality, motherhood, feminism, the culture of beauty, women at work, women in the global economy, changing households, domestic violence, girls' welfare, lesbian rights, women in government. Filled with a wealth of information creatively displayed, The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World is an indispensable resource for understanding the world we live in"

While public support for legal abortion has fluctuated some in two decades of polling, it has remained relatively stable over the past several years. Currently, 61% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 37% say it should be illegal in all or most cases.

A majority of Americans disapprove of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling overturning the Roe v. Wade decision, which had guaranteed a constitutional right to an abortion for nearly 50 years. Public support for legal abortion remains largely unchanged since before the decision, with 62% saying it should be legal in all or most cases.

Heatth Poll Database is an open resource offering researchers at every level unprecedented access to questions and results from over 80 years of U.S. national polls on health-related topics. This new resource promotes an understanding of public opinion on a broad range of health issues.

The American Values Atlas (AVA) is a dynamic interactive online map of the United States’ cultural landscape. The AVA draws upon data from more than 100,000 bilingual telephone interviews conducted among a random sample of Americans, with 40,000 interviews each year on political and cultural issue areas

Designed to strengthen global efforts to eliminate unsafe abortion by producing an interactive open-access database and repository of current abortion laws, policies, and national standards and guidelines.

Groups countries into five categories of restrictiveness, and also indicates the types of laws in effect.

The abortion landscape is fragmented and increasingly polarized. Many states have abortion restrictions or bans in place that make it difficult, if not impossible, for people to get care. Other states have taken steps to protect abortion rights and access. To help people understand this complex landscape, our interactive map groups states into one of seven categories based on abortion policies they currently have in effect.