Projects

Regional Second Trimester (R2T) Study

As in much of the world, people in Latin America face a series of obstacles when accessing abortion services—including legal restrictions, a...

Impact of service delivery and capacity building on abortion stigma

Beyond the legal and access barriers that women experience, stigma and social barriers impact and delay women’s ability to access safe, high-...

Improving access to safe abortion in the Latin America and Caribbean region

An estimated 3.7 million unsafe abortions take place in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region each year, leading to the deaths of almost 4,000...

Simplifying medication abortion

Medication abortion has the potential to dramatically improve access to safe pregnancy termination services in low-resource settings because it can...

Improving second-trimester abortion care in Colombia

In 2006, the Colombian Constitutional Court voted in favor of depenalization of abortion in cases of rape, endangerment to the woman’s life or...

Evaluation of a harm-reduction model of service delivery for women with unintended pregnancies in Peru

Unsafe abortion contributes substantially to maternal morbidity and mortality in South America, and a harm-reduction approach aimed at decreasing the...