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Highlights

  • Roe v. Wade in Peril
  • 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

  • Global research
  • U.S. research
  • Policy analysis
  • Guttmacher Policy Review
  • Op-eds & external blogs

Fact Sheets

  • Global
  • U.S.
  • 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

Our Work By Geography

  • Global
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Latin America & the Caribbean
  • Northern America
  • Oceania

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  • Job opportunities
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  • Make a gift today
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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

  • 24M

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

Resources

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • January 2016 Fact Sheet

    Adolescents’ Need for and Use of Abortion Services In Developing Countries

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Teens
  • January 2016 Report

    Induced Abortion in Chile

    Elena Prada

    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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