The World Health Organization (WHO) and scientific evidence confirm that medical abortion is safe, even when it is self-managed or performed at home before the 13th week of gestation (12 weeks and 6 days). Thus, abortion can be performed safely and effectively as long...
Learn more about MVA
What is Manual Vacuum Aspiration, commonly known as MVA? Find out, in this easy-to-consult leaflet, what the procedure is like, what instruments are used, the medications recommended for MVA, how much it hurts and what to expect after the procedure. Download the...
Self-use of abortion drugs
Explanatory card on the use of abortion drugs according to the World Health Organization's recommendation and the most current clinical evidence. Accessibly, it contains information on misoprostol and mifepristone and misoprostol regimens.
Safe medical abortion
Self-care strategies and medications that help during the side effects of safe abortion medications are very useful, learn about them in this simple and didactic material.
Towards a sustainable abortion ecosystem
This sustainability framework is Ipas's response to Ipas to the urgent need to support and hold accountable those governments for whom ensuring access to safe abortion remains a challenge, contributing to high rates of maternal deaths, along with other problems.Using...
Manual for the Provision of Comprehensive Safe Abortion Services to Vulnerable Populations
Manual that provides technical and theoretical tools legal, clinical and public health tools for multidisciplinary personnel to attend to the sexual and reproductive health - with special emphasis on safe abortion - of migrant women, girls, adolescents and LGBTTTIQ+...
Health and wellness
Health and well-being: arguments for accessing legal abortion procedures in Mexico. This material is aimed at public and private sector health personnel, as well as medical and nursing students and trainees, to promote the effective implementation of abortion services...
Causal Health in Costa Rica
Since 1970, the Costa Rican Penal Code establishes that it is possible to terminate a pregnancy when the woman's health or life is at risk.
Self-use of medications for safe abortion. Ipas’s approach and ongoing projects
Reproductive health decision making requires timely and accurate information. In this document we share data on Ecuador that can be considered in the elaboration of plans, programs, actions and for making public policy decisions in the area of reproductive health.
MVA What is it? Procedural Manual
In this video you will find described information about: The safe abortion procedure with misoprostol Expected effects and warning signs that identify and can prevent emergencies Post-abortion care Evidence-based information on abortion self-management The information...
From Theory to Action in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Toolkit for Teachers and Health Promoters on Sexual Health (SH) and Reproductive Health (RH), developed by the Ipas Central America and Mexico team to provide information and pedagogical tools to support teaching activities on various topics related to adolescent...
Accompaniment for induced abortion with mediacaments
Package of publications intended to facilitate the accompaniment of women who are facing an unwanted or unwanted pregnancy. The package is divided into 3booklets that have relevant information about the option of terminating the pregnancy: before a medical abortion,...
Warning signs after misoprostol use
Reproductive health decision making requires timely and accurate information. In this document we share data on Ecuador that can be considered in the elaboration of plans, programs, actions and for making public policy decisions in the area of reproductive health.
Didactic guide for the health professional who provides abortion and post-abortion services.
Reproductive health decision making requires timely and accurate information. In this document we share data on Ecuador that can be considered in the elaboration of plans, programs, actions and for making public policy decisions in the area of reproductive health.
Medical abortion management: a safe, effective procedure with low complication rate
Reproductive health decision making requires timely and accurate information. In this document we share data on Ecuador that can be considered in the elaboration of plans, programs, actions and for making public policy decisions in the area of reproductive health.
Protocol for self-care and support in providing and accompanying safe abortions
Publication prepared by CLACAI (Latin American Consortium against Unsafe Abortion) aimed at collectives, escorts and providers of abortion services in public or private health units, addresses attrition as a health problem.It contains actions to mitigate and address...
Before a medically induced abortion
Reproductive health decision making requires timely and accurate information. In this document we share data on Ecuador that can be considered in the elaboration of plans, programs, actions and for making public policy decisions in the area of reproductive health.
During a medically induced abortion
Reproductive health decision making requires timely and accurate information. In this document we share data on Ecuador that can be considered in the elaboration of plans, programs, actions and for making public policy decisions in the area of reproductive health.
Medically induced post-abortion selfcare
Reproductive health decision making requires timely and accurate information. In this document we share data on Ecuador that can be considered in the elaboration of plans, programs, actions and for making public policy decisions in the area of reproductive health.
Clinical Practice Manual on Safe Abortion Care
Reproductive health decision making requires timely and accurate information. In this document we share data on Ecuador that can be considered in the elaboration of plans, programs, actions and for making public policy decisions in the area of reproductive health.

