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

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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

  • 3 in 4

    surveyed teachers in Peru say they lack teaching materials on sexuality education
  • 32

    abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49 in Latin America occurred annually in 2015-2019
  • $4

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

Resources

  • 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
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    • 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
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • March 2018 News Release

    New Report Highlights Worldwide Variations in Abortion Incidence and Safety

    Global

    • Abortion
  • Graph: The proportion of abortions that are unsafe is much higher in countries where laws are more restrictive
    March 2018 Infographic

    Disparities in safety of abortions across countries with varying legal restrictions

    Global

    • Abortion
  • Graph: Abortion rates remained steady in developing regions from 1990 to 2014, while declining in developed regions
    March 2018 Infographic

    Changes in worldwide abortion rates from 1990 to 2014

    Global

    • Abortion
  • Graph: Women in low-income countries are most likely to have an unsafe abortion
    March 2018 Infographic

    Variations in safety of abortions across countries by income level

    Global

    • Abortion
  • Graph: Unintended pregnancy has declined as the use of modern contraceptives has increased
    March 2018 Infographic

    Declines in unintended pregnancy rates worldwide from 1990 to 2014

    Global

    • Abortion
  • Decision makers should liberalize abortion laws & promote updated clinical guidelines for safe abortion and postabortion care
    March 2018 Infographic

    Recommendations to reduce the impact of unsafe abortion

    Global

    • Abortion
  • March 2018 Policy Analysis

    The Roadmap to Safe Abortion Worldwide: Lessons from New Global Trends on Incidence, Legality and Safety

    Sneha Barot,Guttmacher Policy Review

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • March 2018 Fact Sheet

    Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Global

    • Abortion

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