by Ana Martha Sanchez | Sep 26, 2024
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.
by Barb Baranski | Sep 18, 2024 | Contraceptive Methods, Safe Abortion, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Teenagers
4,500 people from 49 countries joined the 24-hour live broadcast from the nosesiabortarono.org website . From social networks, more than 10,000 views were counted in real time. More than 90 experts from the region provided live answers to questions from the audience....
by Ana Martha Sanchez | Sep 11, 2024 | Safe Abortion
“We all love someone who has had an abortion. It is with them in mind that today we are making history and leaving a legacy,” said María Antonieta Alcalde Castro, director of Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean, at the beginning of the livestream, which was transmitted uninterrupted for 24 hours from Friday, September 6 to Saturday, September 7, starting at 11 a.m. (Mexico City time).
by Ana Martha Sanchez | Sep 11, 2024
“We all love someone who has had an abortion. It is with them in mind that today we are making history and leaving a legacy”, said María Antonieta Alcalde Castro, director of Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean, at the beginning of the livestream, which was transmitted uninterrupted for 24 hours from Friday, September 6 to Saturday, September 7, from 11 a.m. (Mexico City time).
by Ana Martha Sanchez | Apr 8, 2024
– During 2023, 66,853 people in Latin America and the Caribbean exercised their right to safe abortion through the different access routes promoted by Ipas LAC. – That same year, 104,766 people received contraceptive services in public health facilities...
by Ana Martha Sanchez | Sep 20, 2023
At Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean (Ipas LAC), we believe that new and effective ways of accessing sexual and reproductive rights can be developed through the use of technology, which is why we created the area of Technological Innovation in Safe Abortion...
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