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

Reports

  • Global
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Data & Visualizations

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Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Global

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

U.S.

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • 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

  • 24M

    women want to avoid pregnancy but are not using a modern method of contraception
  • 24M

    women in Latin America and the Caribbean who want to avoid pregnancy but are not using a modern contraceptive method
  • 760,000

    women are hospitalized annually for treatment of complications of unsafe abortion

Resources

  • June 2011 Research Article

    ‘Without a plan’ but ‘keeping on track’: Views on contraception, pregnancy and abortion in Mexico City

    Fatima Juárez,Global Public Health

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2009 Report

    Adding It Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health

    Susheela Singh, Jacqueline E. Darroch, Lori S. Ashford and Michael Vlassoff

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2009 Report

    Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress

    Susheela Singh, Deirdre Wulf, Rubina Hussain, Akinrinola Bankole and Gilda Sedgh

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2008 Report

    Asegurar un mañana más saludable en Centroamérica: Proteger la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud de hoy

    Luis Rosero Bixby, Elena Prada, Susheela Singh and Akinrinola Bankole

    Global

    • Teens
  • November 2006 Report

    Early Childbearing in Guatemala: A Continuing Challenge

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • September 2006 Report

    Early Childbearing in Honduras: A Continuing Challenge

    Global

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • April 2003 Report

    Adding It Up: The Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care 2003

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • January 1999 Research Article

    The Incidence of Abortion Worldwide

    Stanley K. Henshaw, Susheela Singh and Taylor Haas,International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

    Global

    • Abortion

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