The XX Factor : Guttmacher Institute

Can We Blame Bush's Policies for the Rise in Teen Pregnancy?

Jessica Grose — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:56:00 GMT

The Guttmacher Institute released a study today that shows that the rates of both teen pregnancy and abortion were on the rise for the first time in over a decade in 2006. In a press release, Guttmacher senior public policy associate Heather Boonstra...(read more)

Tracy Quan's Anti-Withdrawal Argument Gives Women Zero Agency

Jessica Grose — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:23:00 GMT

Tracy Quan, who is normally so sex-positive and has written extensively about her life as a call girl, has an article in the Daily Beast warning women against using withdrawal as a birth control method, even though new research has shown it to be almost...(read more)

Do Pro-Life States Really Have Fewer Abortions?

Jessica Grose — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:19:00 GMT

Stats sweetheart Nate Silver ran abortion-rate data from the CDC and has found that states with higher numbers of people who identify as pro-life have lower rates of abortion than pro-choice states . But, this finding is somewhat deceptive. As anyone...(read more)