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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

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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 want to avoid pregnancy but are not using a modern method of contraception
  • $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

  • December 2014 Infographic

    Why invest in reproductive health? Immediate Benefits

    Global

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2014 Infographic

    Why invest in reproductive health? Long-Term Benefits

    Global

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2014 News Release

    Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Fall Far Short of Needs in Developing Regions

    Global

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2014 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health

    Global

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • September 2014 Research Article

    Intended and Unintended Pregnancies Worldwide in 2012 and Recent Trends

    Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh and Rubina Hussain,Studies in Family Planning

    Global

    • Pregnancy
  • August 2014 Report

    Demystifying Data: A Guide to Using Evidence to Improve Young People's Sexual Health and Rights

    Ragnar Anderson, Christine Panchaud, Susheela Singh and Katherine Watson

    Global

    • Teens
  • June 2014 News Release

    New Study Documents Reasons Married Women in Developing Nations Who Wish To Avoid Pregnancy Do Not Use Contraceptives

    Global

    • Contraception
  • April 2014 Fact Sheet

    Sexual and Reproductive Health Of Young Women in Guatemala

    Global

    • Teens
  • November 2013 News Release

    High Levels of Unintended Pregnancy in Mexico Result in High Abortion Rates

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy
  • November 2013 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Mexico: Causes and Consequences

    Fatima Juárez, Susheela Singh, Isaac Maddow-Zimet and Deirdre Wulf

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Pregnancy

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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
Reproductive rights are under attack. Will you help us fight back with facts?
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