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== Advocacy and Policy Engagement ==
The Guttmacher Institute actively engages in policy advocacy at the national, state, and international levels. The organization works to influence policymakers and governments to adopt evidence-based policies that improve reproductive health and protect reproductive rights. Key areas of policy advocacy include:
* **Advocating for Access to Family Planning and Contraception**: Guttmacher works to ensure that family planning services and contraceptive methods are affordable, accessible, and available to all individuals, particularly in underserved areas.
* **Protecting the Right to Abortion**: The institute advocates for policies that safeguard access to safe and legal abortion services and opposes efforts to restrict abortion access.
* **Promoting Comprehensive Sex Education**: Guttmacher supports policies that promote comprehensive, age-appropriate sexual health education in schools to help prevent teen pregnancies and improve sexual health outcomes for young people.
* **Global Reproductive Rights**: Guttmacher advocates for the protection and expansion of reproductive health services globally, particularly in low-resource settings.