Ipas LAC collaborates with ISSSTE training to implement abortion services

Ipas LAC collaborates with ISSSTE training to implement abortion services

The decision of the Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE) towards a more inclusive, just and humane public health policy is a step towards the guarantee of the right to health, as well as “a sign of the clear understanding that the termination of pregnancy is a health service like any other,” said Mara Zaragoza, deputy director of the ISSSTE, in a statement.said Mara Zaragoza, Deputy Director of Strengthening at Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean (Ipas LAC).

The importance of having safe and reliable information to decide whether or not to have an abortion

The importance of having safe and reliable information to decide whether or not to have an abortion

In the context of September 28th, Global Day of Action for Safe and Free Abortion, Latin America presents a diverse framework in the advance towards the defense of the right to decide. We observe in Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and Uruguay more progressive laws that facilitate access to abortion and reflect the commitment to reproductive rights; as well as important initiatives in Chile and Ecuador, which seek the eradication of abortion from their penal codes. On a par with countries such as El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic, which maintain a position that criminalizes abortion in all circumstances.