Press releases and positions
Institutional communications from Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean and positions on the current context of reproductive rights, health and social justice in the region.
After more than six years of technical work initiated by the Federal Ministry of Health, the new regulation places Mexico at the international forefront of the regulation of contraception and family planning services. Ipas LAC, together with other orga
The Ipas LAC Annual Report shows how health services, community networks, scientific evidence, digital tools, and engagement with decision-makers are expanding access to information, contraception, and safe abortion in the region.
On the 19th anniversary of the partial decriminalization of abortion in the CDMX, feminist organizations, collectives and activists gathered in front of the Congress of the City to commemorate this milestone, and at the same time demand that abortion be definitively eliminated from the Penal Code.
Ipas LAC begins a new institutional phase with a renewed Board and the appointment of Diana Moreno as Executive Director to strengthen its work in the region.
In the run-up to the 8M, Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean gives visibility to those who defend defend sexual and reproductive rights in a context of regression and polarization. Latin America and the Caribbean are in the midst of a decisive dispute
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 note in Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and Uruguay more progressive laws that facilitate access to abortion.
Abortion as self-care is a pending debt in Latin America. The Inter-American Court and regional consensus oblige States to guarantee rights.
Abortion as self-care is a pending debt in Latin America. The Inter-American Court and regional consensus oblige States to guarantee rights.
In the framework of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25, Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean (Ipas LAC) warns that child pregnancy continues to be an extreme form of gender-based and sexual violence that affects thousands of minors every year, and we must continue to fight to eradicate it.
After an exhaustive search process led by the Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean (Ipas LAC) Assembly, Diana Moreno will assume the Executive Directorship of Ipas LAC effective January 12, 2026. Her arrival marks the beginning of a new strategic chapt