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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

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Articles

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  • Op-eds & external blogs

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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
  • 32

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

Resources

  • May 2018 Report

    Accelerate Progress—Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All

    Ann M. Starrs, Alex Ezeh, Gary Barker, Alaka Basu, Jane T. Bertrand, Robert W. Blum, Awa M. Coll-Seck, Anand Grover, Laura Laski, Monica Roa, Zeba A. Sathar, Lale Say, Gamal I. Serour, Susheela Singh, Karin Stenberg, Marleen Temmerman, Ann Biddlecom, Anna Popinchalk, Cynthia Summers and Lori S. Ashford

    Global

    • Abortion
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    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Image, Guttmacher-Lancet Commission: Health & Rights
    May 2018 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Why it could cost less than R120 per year to save a life

    Alex Ezeh and Ann M. Starrs,Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism (Mail & Guardian)

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Graphic showing Ann M. Starrs quote on the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
    May 2018 Infographic

    Ann M. Starrs quote on the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission

    Global

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

    Global

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

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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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