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  • COVID-19 impact
  • Reproductive Health Impact Study
  • IPSRH: Focus on Abortion
  • Adding It Up
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
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  • State policy resources
  • State legislation tracker

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  • Teens

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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
  • 32

    abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49 in Latin America occurred annually in 2015-2019
  • 24M

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

Resources

  • In low- and middle-income countries, a 10% drop in reproductive health care due to COVID-19 equals 49 million more women with unmet need for modern contraception
    April 2020 Infographic

    COVID-19 could have a catastrophic effect on sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • April 2020 Policy Analysis

    Crisis on the Horizon: Devastating Losses for Global Reproductive Health Are Possible Due to COVID-19

    Zara Ahmed and Lauren Cross

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy

    Global

  • April 2020 Research Article

    Estimates of the Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Taylor Riley, Elizabeth Sully, Zara Ahmed and Ann Biddlecom,International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2019 Research Article

    Women’s abortion seeking behavior under restrictive abortion laws in Mexico

    Fatima Juárez, Akinrinola Bankole and José Luis Palma,PLOS ONE

    Global

    • Abortion
  • September 2019 Research Article

    Not all inequalities are equal: differences in coverage across the continuum of reproductive health services

    Elizabeth Sully, Ann Biddlecom and Jacqueline E. Darroch,BMJ Global Health

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • November 2018 Research Article

    Health Systems' Capacity to Provide Post-Abortion Care: A Multicountry Analysis Using Signal Functions

    Onikepe Owolabi, Ann Biddlecom and Hannah Whitehead,The Lancet Global Health

    Global

    • Abortion
  • November 2018 News Release

    Despite Widespread Support for Postabortion Care, Many Countries’ Health Systems Do Not Have the Capacity to Provide Essential Services

    Global

    • Abortion
  • November 2018 News Release

    In Developing Regions, Greater Investment Is Needed to Help Adolescents Prevent Unintended Pregnancy

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • November 2018 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • November 2018 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Adolescents in Developing Regions

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens

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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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