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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 supporting strategies that enable women to better time and space their pregnancies. The Institute also has estimated age-specific abortion rates and the cost of providing postabortion care; documented adolescents’ knowledge and use of sexual and reproductive health information and services; and promoted fact-based, comprehensive sex education and youth-friendly, confidential services.

View sexual and reproductive health research and analysis in your location

  • Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide

  • Policy Analysis

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

  • Photo of woman with a green background with the words Adding It Up across the bottom
    Initiatives

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health

Top Facts & Statistics

  • $4

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

Resources

  • May 2016 News Release

    In Countering Zika, Women’s Right to Self-Determination Must Be Central

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2016 Policy Analysis

    Countering Zika Globally and in the United States: Women’s Right to Self-Determination Must Be Central

    Joerg Dreweke,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • 23 million adolescent women aged 15–19 have an unmet need for modern contraception.
    May 2016 News Release

    In Developing Regions, 23 Million Adolescents at Risk of Unintended Pregnancy, Not Using Modern Contraceptives

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • May 2016 Report

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

    Jacqueline E. Darroch, Vanessa Woog, Akinrinola Bankole and Lori S. Ashford

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • BETWEEN 1990 AND 2014 Abortion rates declined significantly in developed countries but remained unchanged in developing countries
    May 2016 Research Article

    Abortion incidence between 1990 and 2014: global, regional, and subregional levels and trends

    Gilda Sedgh, Jonathan Bearak, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, Anna Popinchalk, Bela Ganatra, Clémentine Rossier, Caitlin Gerdts, Özge Tunçalp, Brooke Ronald Johnson, Heidi Bart Johnston and Leontine Alkema,The Lancet

    Global

    • Abortion
  • BETWEEN 1990 AND 2014 Abortion rates declined significantly in developed countries but remained unchanged in developing countries
    May 2016 Infographic

    Abortion rates declined significantly in developed countries but remained unchanged in developing countries

    Global

    • Abortion
  • BETWEEN 1990 AND 2014 Abortion rates declined significantly in developed countries but remained unchanged in developing countries
    May 2016 News Release

    Abortion Rates Declined Significantly In the Developed World Between 1990 and 2014

    Global

    • Abortion
  • May 2016 Report

    Research Gaps in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

    Jacqueline E. Darroch, Susheela Singh, Vanessa Woog, Akinrinola Bankole and Lori S. Ashford

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • April 2016 Research Article

    The cost of post-abortion care in developing countries: a comparative analysis of four studies

    Michael Vlassoff, Susheela Singh and Tsuyoshi Onda,Health Policy and Planning

    Global

    • Abortion
  • March 2016 Report

    Contraceptive Failure Rates in the Developing World: An Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey Data in 43 Countries

    Chelsea Polis, Sarah E.K. Bradley, Akinrinola Bankole, Tsuyoshi Onda, Trevor N. Croft and Susheela Singh

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy

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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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