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Latin America & the Caribbean

The Guttmacher Institute’s work in Latin America and the Caribbean has focused on documenting the incidence and consequences of abortion and unintended pregnancy, and exploring the informal acquisition of misoprostol. The Institute also has estimated age-specific abortion rates and costs of providing postabortion care; documented adolescents’ knowledge and use of sexual and reproductive health information and services; and assessed the provision of sex education and advocated that it be fact-based, comprehensive and youth-friendly.

In addition, the Institute provides estimates (regional, subregional and country-specific) of the needs among women in low- and middle-income Latin American and Caribbean countries for modern contraception, maternal and newborn care, and abortion-related services. This work also estimates the costs and impacts of meeting these needs, providing policymakers across the region with evidence that investment in improving and increasing the provision of sexual and reproductive health services saves lives, improves women’s health and well-being, and has broad societal benefits. You can use the location menu on this page to explore country-specific information.

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  • News Release

    Guttmacher Institute Releases Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles for More Than 130 Countries

  • Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide

  • Infographic

    Costs and benefits of meeting the contraceptive needs of adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 75%

    reduction in newborn deaths in the region that would result from meeting the need for modern contraception and maternal and newborn care
  • 24M

    women in Latin America and the Caribbean who want to avoid pregnancy but are not using a modern contraceptive method
  • $4

    reduction in cost of pregnancy-related care in the region for every $1 spent on contraception above the current level

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  • April 2021 News Release

    Guttmacher Institute Releases Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles for More Than 130 Countries

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • The Global Gag Rule restricts foreign NGOs that accept U.S. funding from using their own money for abortion-related activities and the Helms Amendment restricts U.S.-funded organizations from using U.S. foreign assistance funding for abortion-related services
    March 2021 Infographic

    What's the difference between the Global Gag Rule and the Helms Amendment?

    United States

    • Abortion

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • Repealing the Helms Amendment would enable use of U.S. foreign assistance for safe abortion services. In 33 countries receiving U.S. support for family planning, this could result in 19 million fewer unsafe abortions per year, 17,000 fewer maternal deaths per year, 12 million fewer women per year with abortion complications requiring medical treatment and net health system savings of $641 million annually
    March 2021 Infographic

    Impact of repealing the Helms Amendment

    United States

    • Abortion

    Global

    • Abortion
  • February 2021 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • February 2021 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in South America

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • February 2021 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Central America

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • February 2021 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Caribbean

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Informal Access to and Use of Misoprostol in Colombia

    Global

    • Abortion
  • September 2020 Research Article

    Classroom implementation of national sexuality education curricula in four low- and middle-income countries

    Sarah Keogh, Ellie Leong, Angélica Motta, Estelle M. Sidze, Ana Silvia Monzón and Joshua Amo-Adjei,Sex Education

    Global

    • Teens
  • July 2020 Research Article

    What does informal access to misoprostol in Colombia look like? A mystery client methodology in Bogotá and the Coffee Axis

    Ann M. Moore, Nakeisha Blades, Juliette Ortiz, Hannah Whitehead and Cristina Villarreal,BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health

    Global

    • Abortion

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Twenty-four million women in Latin America and the Caribbean have an unmet need for modern contraception. Providing women with the family planning care they need would prevent more than nine million unintended pregnancies every year.

Susheela Singh

Distinguished Scholar and Vice President for Global Science and Policy Integration

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