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Highlights

  • Roe v. Wade Overturned
  • COVID-19 impact
  • Reproductive Health Impact Study
  • Adding It Up
  • Abortion Worldwide
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
  • U.S. policy resources
  • State policy resources
  • State legislation tracker

Reports

  • Global
  • U.S.

Articles

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  • Policy analysis
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  • Op-eds & external blogs

Fact Sheets

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  • U.S. State Laws and Policies

Data & Visualizations

  • Data center
  • Infographics
  • Public-use data sets

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 outcomes of unintended pregnancy and abortion and on exploring the informal acquisition of misoprostol. The Institute also has estimated age-specific abortion rates and health system 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 responsive to their needs.

The Institute's ongoing Adding It Up project provides estimates (regional, subregional and country-specific) of the needs for modern contraception, maternal and newborn care, and abortion-related services among women in low- and middle-income Latin American and Caribbean countries and territories. 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.

In addition, the Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide study has produced model-based estimates of the incidence of unintended pregnancy and abortion in Latin American and Caribbean countries and territories for the period 1990–2019. Such estimates provide an opportunity to assess trends in unintended pregnancy and abor­tion over time for individual countries and territories, as well as regionally and globally.

Explore data and resources for 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries using the “Select a country profile” box on this page.

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  • News Release

    Guttmacher Institute Releases Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles for More Than 130 Countries

  • Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 6.5M

    abortions were performed annually in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2010–2014
  • 75%

    reduction in newborn deaths in the region that would result from meeting the need for modern contraception and maternal and newborn care
  • 24M

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

Resources

  • 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
  • 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
  • March 2018 Report

    Abortion Worldwide 2017: Uneven Progress and Unequal Access

    Susheela Singh, Lisa Remez, Gilda Sedgh, Lorraine Kwok and Tsuyoshi Onda

    Global

    • Abortion

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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
Guttmacher Institute
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