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.

Where We 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.

Resources

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

For health professionals

For advocates and decisionmakers

Training
resources

For humanitarian settings

Abortion VCAT resources

For researchers and program implementors

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Ipas partnered with local group PACIDA to tackle the impacts of climate change on reproductive rights. The solutions—generated by the people most affected—are helping build resilient communities.

Supporters of abortion rights around the world—including Ipas staff and partners—are marking International Safe Abortion Day today with diverse in-person and online actions.

Dr. Eunice Brookman-Amissah, a Ghanaian physician and advocate for safe abortion who helped lead Ipas’s work across Africa, is a recipient of this year’s Right Livelihood Award. The award has honored courageous people solving global problems for over 4 …

Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health (CURHs) are designed to provide Ipas staff, trainers, partners and other health-care providers with access to up-to-date, evidence-based recommendations. In general, the recommendations are the same as those in the World Health Organization's 2012 Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems, Second edition. In rare cases, the recommendations have been modified due to the settings where we work. In addition, if there is more current evidence to inform the recommendations, they will be updated here. Please note: Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health provides Ipas’s most up-to-date clinical guidance. Recommendations in this publication supersede any clinical guidance in Ipas curricula that differs from the guidance provided here.

Executive Summary in English: Download File Full report in Portuguese: download file Search Results Termination of pregnancy in cases of rape and wom­an’s risk of death has been allowed since 1940 in Brazil. However, only 49 years later the first legal …

At Ipas, we’re working with partners to build sustainable abortion ecosystems, recognizing that there are multiple factors that influence an individual’s ability to access abortion. In a sustainable abortion ecosystem, resilient local stakeholders and …

Related resources: Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health Home 9 Search Results For easy reference, here are all related resources listed throughout Ipas’s Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health. Protocols for medical abortion [dosage card] Para …

People in Latin America can more easily access confidential, accurate and stigma-free information on self-management of abortion with pills thanks to an innovative AI chatbot developed by Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

Another historic victory for the Green Wave movement. Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Federal Penal Code’s abortion regulations are unconstitutional, including the criminalization of individuals who have abortions and the health-care providers who perform them.

Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation champions disability-led solutions for disability-centered care Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation is launching a pilot program in Edo and the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria to cover the gaps in access to sexual and rep …

Ipas Africa Southern Region (ASR) joins South Africa in commemorating 2023 Women’s Day running under the theme “Accelerating socio-economic opportunities for women empowerment”. Women’s Day is the ninth day of August, marking a watershed moment in the …

Ipas DRC celebrates 20 years of impact and progress for women The Maputo Protocol is a groundbreaking legal instrument developed, signed and adopted by African states to protect and promote the rights of African women, making it one of a kind. In the 2 …

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Ipas is honoring the memory of Katie Early, Ipas’s longest-serving employee, whose extraordinary leadership and vision helped shape Ipas programs, fundraising, and workplace culture—as well as Ipas’s visibility on the global stage as a bold advocate for abortion access.

This dosage card serves as a quick reference guide for health-care providers who are administering medical abortion.

With the increasing pace of artificial intelligence (AI) and a global pandemic that pushed digital solutions, Ipas is harnessing cutting-edge advancements in digital technology to share accurate information about and expand access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including abortion.

Ipas is pleased to announce a partnership with the government of Canada to increase access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care for women and girls in Bolivia, Indonesia, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Canadian …

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Ipas Bolivia has been partnering with public schools to train teachers and provide resources that teach children how they can prevent sexual violence, how to support friends that have experienced it, and what to do if it happens to them.