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  • COVID-19 impact
  • IPSRH: Focus on Abortion
  • Adding It Up
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
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  • State legislation tracker

Reports

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  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
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  • Abortion
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  • 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 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

  • 75%

    reduction in newborn deaths in the region that would result from meeting the need for modern contraception and maternal and newborn care
  • $4

    reduction in cost of pregnancy-related care in the region for every $1 spent on contraception above the current level
  • 760,000

    women are hospitalized annually for treatment of complications of unsafe abortion

Resources

  • Graphic showing Ann M. Starrs and Dr. Alex Ezeh quote on the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
    May 2018 Infographic

    Ann M. Starrs and Dr. Alex Ezeh quote on the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission

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  • Graphic showing Dr. Alex Ezeh quote on the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
    May 2018 Infographic

    Dr. Alex Ezeh quote on the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Graphic showing that 4.3 billion people of reproductive age lack adequate sexual and reproductive health care
    May 2018 Infographic

    Number of people of reproductive age lacking adequate sexual and reproductive health care

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Graphic showing that 266,000 women worldwide die from preventable cervical cancer each year
    May 2018 Infographic

    Number of deaths worldwide from cervical cancer each year

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Graphic showing that one in three women worldwide experiences gender-based violence
    May 2018 Infographic

    Number of women worldwide who experience gender-based violence

    Global

    • Abortion
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    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Graphic showing that more than 350 million people need treatment for one of the four curable STIs worldwide each year
    May 2018 Infographic

    Annual need for STI treatment worldwide

    Global

    • Abortion
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    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Graphic showing that 214 million women have an unmet need for modern contraception in developing regions
    May 2018 Infographic

    Unmet need for modern contraception in developing regions

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Graphic showing that 25 million unsafe abortions occur worldwide each year
    May 2018 Infographic

    Number of unsafe abortions worldwide each year

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Graphic showing that as many as 180 million couples worldwide may be affected by infertility each year
    May 2018 Infographic

    Number of couples worldwide affected by infertility each year

    Global

    • Abortion
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    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Graphic showing that over 45 million women in developing regions receive inadequate or no antenatal care each year
    May 2018 Infographic

    Annual gaps in antenatal care in developing regions

    Global

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

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