Access to safe and legal abortion remains a challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean; countries that have improved their public policies by legalizing access to abortion have achieved significant public health benefits for their populations.
Approximately 33 million unwanted pregnancies occur each year worldwide, according to WHO. Women become pregnant unwanted for a variety of reasons that are not of their own making, such as rape, failure, shortages or unmet need for contraceptive methods, and lack of access to family planning services,
The Center for Reproductive Rights and Ipas LAC, with the support of other civil society organizations [1] urgently call on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) to recognize care as a human right.
Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean (Ipas LAC) presented its new governing body last Friday, October 13, during the organization’s 50th anniversary celebration.
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, and that is why we created the area of Technological Innovation in Safe Abortion Communication.
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