About Us

We work with partners around the world to advance reproductive justice by expanding access to abortion and contraception.

Ipas Sustainable Abortion Care

Our Work

The global movement for legal, accessible abortion is growing. Our staff and partners in countries as diverse as Bolivia, Malawi and India are working to ensure all people can access high-quality abortion care.

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Our materials are designed to help reproductive health advocates and professionals expand access to high-quality abortion care.

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Este guia ajuda as mulheres a saber se podem usar pílulas de aborto para interromper uma gravidez indesejada, como usar as pílulas e como saber se funcionaram.

Self-managed abortion: Barriers and opportunities Background Approximately 60% of maternal deaths take place in settings affected by conflict, displacement, and natural disaster. Displaced and conflict-affected women and girls may be at increased risk …

Download File Search Results This factsheet describes a study in East Africa to explore and document refugee and displaced women’s experiences with abortion in humanitarian settings, to inform the development of interventions, guide policy and programm …

A crucial vote for reproductive health, rights and justice

Representatives of seven youth groups from across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are joining forces to advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe abortion care in accordance with the Maputo Protocol.

In English Principaux points à retenir : Un soutien et un financement audacieux pour étendre l’égalité des sexes et l’accès à l’avortement   C’est avec fierté qu’Ipas a été partenaire et a coorganisé le Forum Génération Égalité (FGE), le plus gran …

Ipas made five abortion-focused commitments at the Generation Equality Forum.

Home 9 Search Results in English en français em portugues Cómo autogestionar un aborto con pastillas de manera segura El aborto con pastillas es una manera segura y eficaz de interrumpir un embarazo. Le permite a la mujer gestionar por sí misma cu …

These two fact sheets—Measuring Abortion Service Quality and Abortion Metrics Matter— describe the Abortion Service Quality Initiative’s work to develop a set of common, reliable and evidenced-based metrics to evaluate the quality of abortion care.

The Mexican state of Hidalgo made history on June 30 when it became the third state in the country to legalize abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. Hidalgo joins the states of Oaxaca and Mexico City in changing its laws to guarantee the reproductive rights of women.

Watch the recording Search Results This webinar features three community-based organizations—in Argentina, Uganda and Indonesia—that have partnered with Ipas to make change. Speakers share their organizations’ unique approaches to expanding abortion ac …

This toolkit provides all the resources needed to plan workshops for organizations that want to build a disability inclusion mindset among their staff and partners who work on abortion and sexual and reproductive health and rights programs.

Anu Kumar, President and CEO of Ipas, released the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives’ State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee Appropriations Bill’s historic exclusion of the Helms Amendment and critical advances for reproductive justice globally:

Esta guía ayuda a las mujeres a saber si pueden usar pastillas de aborto para interrumpir un embarazo, cómo usarlas y cómo saber si funcionaron.

We celebrate President Biden’s historic move to release a budget that is free of the Hyde  Amendment, which for more than 40 years has denied insurance coverage of abortion for people in the United States enrolled in Medicaid working to make ends meet. …

Search Results March 28, 2024 Global Movement to End Abortion Stigma  July 18, 2023 Government of Canada commits to increasing sexual and reproductive rights including access to abortion services  March 23, 2023 Abortion is Health Care Everyw …

Search Results December 14, 2023 President Biden says he’s fighting back against abortion bans. He’s ignoring the oldest one Anu Kumar and Akila Radhakrishnan December 11, 2023 Dr. Anu Kumar Let’s stop talking about decolonizing global health and …

Search Results April 23, 2024 Ms. Magazine Ms Global: Thailand on Track to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage, Denmark Mandates Military Service for Women and More  April 19, 2024 Open Democracy From America with cash: Right-wing groups want to end aborti …

As a brutal civil war in the Tigray region of Ethiopia continues, Ipas Ethiopia is taking action to ensure that sexual and reproductive health care services are a priority at more than 125 health facilities across the region—a move prompted by widespread reports that rape and sexual violence are being used against women and girls as a weapon of war.

Home 9 Search Results Some of the greatest sexual and reproductive health needs on the African continent are found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where women and girls struggle to access contraception and face high rates of unintended …