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For more than three decades, Ipas has worked to end deaths and injuries from unsafe abortion. We train health-care providers to improve health services, promote appropriate reproductive-health technologies and work with policymakers and advocates to improve health policies and practices. We are the only organization working on five continents - with multidisciplinary staff in 13 countries - dedicated entirely to ending unsafe abortion.

Ipas experts are available for media interviews by contacting Kirsten Sherk, 919.960.5612.


Recent Ipas News

 January 5 

Reproductive health in the news

 December 29 

Ipas talks to midwives and millions of other Africans

 December 22 

Finding the root causes of sex-selective abortion

 December 18 

HHS issues "Right of Conscience" regulations

 December 15 

Shakespeare in Hindi? Acting out to save lives in India

 December 11 

Reproductive health in the news

 December 8 

Reproductive health, including safe abortion, is a human right

 November 28 

Caitlin Cary, Savoy Doucet Cajun Band to swing Ipas’s Rock for Reproductive Rights

 November 24 

Women in war: Desperately in need of reproductive health care

 November 20 

Abortion in the news



Ipas in the News

 December 19 

Opinion: Global Gag Rule Just the First Step: The US International Abortion Funding Ban
RH Reality Check

 November 22 

On the right side of the law
The Guardian

 November 7 

After Victory, Groups Seize Moment to Move Agenda
Women's e-News

 October 28 

NGO canvasses safe reproductive choices
The Nation

 October 28 

‘Nigeria has world’s highest maternal deaths’
The Nation

 October 16 

Indian Docs Worry Emergency-Contraception Misused
Women's e-News

 September 5 

Blog: Mexico City - Now With More Human Rights!
RH Reality Check

 August 28 

Mexican Supreme Court upholds legal abortion
Yahoo! News

 August 28 

Mexico City's abortion-rights law is upheld
McClatchy D.C.

 August 27 

Top Mexico court shows support for abortion law
Yahoo! News



Abortion News Updates

 January 4 

For privacy's sake, taking risks to end pregnancy
Jennifer Lee and Cara Buckley, New York Times

 January 2 

Record number of women leave Northern Ireland for abortions
Belfast Telegraph

 December 16 

Planned Parenthood suspends Indiana staffer in video
Associated Press

 December 16 

Abortion pill to be made available in Italy
Richard Owen, Times Online

 December 15 

Doctors to re-examine India's MTP Act
Swatee Kher, Express India

 December 8 

Abortion rift leads Uruguayan president to resign from Socialist Party
Reuters UK

 December 8 

Uganda’s Kadaga backs abortion after rape
Francis Emorut, New Vision

 December 6 

Nursing grudges: Why do we protect the moral convictions of only some health workers?
Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

 December 4 

Murder case dropped in Dutch woman's late abortion
Mike Corder, Associated Press

 December 4 

"No surrender" for hardline abortion foes in U.S.
Bill Berkowitz, IPS News

 December 2 

Broader medical refusal rule may go far beyond abortion
David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times

 November 25 

Forum calls for definition of lawful abortion in Jamaica
Taneisha Lewis, Jamaica Observer

 November 25 

Abortion decriminalized in Australia, but it stays controversial
Stephen de Tarczynski, IPS News

 November 18 

Lawmakers pass late-term abortion ban
Dionesis Tamondong, Pacific Daily News

 November 18 

Some abortion foes shifting focus from ban to reduction
Jacqueline L. Salmon, Washington Post

 November 17 

Kansas abortion doctor's attorney spars with ex-Attorney General
Roxana Hegeman and John Hanna, Associated Press

 November 14 

Uruguayan president vetoes abortion law
Associated Press

 November 12 

Bishops call Obama-supported abortion rights bill a threat to Catholic Church
Jacqueline L. Salmon, Washington Post

 November 11 

Anti-abortion groups jolted by election defeats
David Crary, Associated Press

 November 5 

Colorado voters soundly defeat anti-abortion measure
Colleen Slevin, Associated Press

 September 7 

Church takes hard-line stance against abortion in Kenya
Alphonce Shiundu, The Nation (Nairobi)

 September 7 

Obama says he was too flip on abortion question
WRAL

 September 5 

Niketa effect: Govt to review abortion laws
Sanchita Sharma, Hindustan Times

 September 5 

Ecuadorian President “Stabbed in the back” by Church over constitution
Rosa Rodríguez, IPS News

 September 4 

Brazilian health minister defends abortion of brainless fetuses
The Associated Press

 September 4 

Spain moves to amend strict abortion law
Daniel Woolls, The Associated Press

 September 4 

U.S. elections: McCain family split over abortion rights
Elana Schor, The Guardian

 September 3 

Debate surrounds U.S. Health and Human Service’s proposed opt-out abortion regulation
Sandra Basu, usmedicine.com

 August 30 

South Dakota’s Initiative Would Ban the Procedure, Except in Certain Cases
Holly Watt, Washington Post

 August 28 

Mexican Supreme Court upholds legal abortion
The Associated Press

 August 27 

The emerging abortion underground
Lynn Harris, Salon.com

 August 26 

GOP takes a hard line on abortion for its platform
Martiga Lohn, The Associated Press

 August 26 

Pelosi stands by abortion comments
Eric Gorski, The Associated Press

 August 14 

Violence linked to abortion rate in New Zealand
Simon Collins, The New Zealand Herald

 August 13 

Abortion Does Not Cause Mental Illness, Panel Says
Benedict Carey, New York Times

 August 13 

Religious leaders praise Democrats’ new language regarding abortion
Jay Hamburg, The Orlando Sentinel

 August 13 

Anti-abortion senator to speak to Democrats
Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press

 August 12 

Abortion rights advocates campaign against South Dakota ballot measure
Elana Schor, The Guardian

 August 9 

HHS Chief Says Draft Rule Is Not Redefining Abortion
Rob Stein, Washington Post

 August 7 

Dorothy Mayhew, Rockland abortion-rights trailblazer, dies at 97
Hema Easley, The Journal News

 August 4 

Indian court rejects plea to abort sick fetus
Ramola Talwar Badam, The Associated Press

 August 2 

Girl who inspired 'Sarah's Law' is subject of dispute over the abortion measure
Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times

 July 31 

Treating the pill as abortion, draft regulation stirs debate
Stephanie Simon, Wall Street Journal

 July 31 

Proposal would deny federal money if employees must provide care to which they object
Rob Stein, The Washington Post

 July 30 

Federal agency may redefine abortion rules
Josephine Marcotty, Star Tribune (Minnesota)

 July 30 

U.N. urges abortion law shake-up in Northern Ireland
BreakingNews.ie

 July 21 

Rural women tell bishops: Lack of family planning forces women to have abortions
Kristine L. Alave, Philippine Daily Inquirer

 July 20 

Ruling in South Dakota: Women seeking abortion must be told about 'unique living human being'
Peter Slevin, Washington Post

 July 15 

Australian court strikes ban on annoying pilgrims
The Associated Press

 July 15 

Abortion proposal sets condition on aid
Robert Pear, New York Times

 July 15 

“People forget how terrible it was”
Charlie Fidelman, The Gazette

 July 15 

Philippine government and church lock horns over abortion row
Gilbert Felongco, Gulf News

 July 14 

More women in Zimbabwe access reproductive health care
The Herald (Harare)

 July 13 

Colorado voters will be asked when “personhood” begins
Ashley Surdin, Washington Post

 July 11 

Spain to grant anonymity for women who have abortions
Agence France Presse

 July 11 

Women “using web for abortions”
Jane Dreaper, BBC News

 July 10 

Brazilian parliament rejects abortion reform
BBC News

 July 2 

South Dakota's unbelievable new abortion law
Emily Bazelon, Slate

 July 1 

As families shrink, abortions grow in Central Asia
Central Asia News

 June 30 

Italian women mobilize for choice
Herizons

 June 22 

Young U.S. evangelicals aim to broaden agenda
Deborah Jian Lee, Reuters

 June 21 

Half of Canadians Want Abortion to Remain Legal
Angus Reid Global Monitor

 June 19 

Abortion increase in young girls
BBC News

 June 18 

Rights: Poll Finds Scant Support for Criminalising Abortion
Ali Gharib, Inter Press Service

 June 17 

New Zealand’s abortion rate increased in 2007
stsuff.co.nz

 June 17 

Grand juries become latest abortion battlefield
Monica Davey, New York Times

 June 16 

El Salvador: Lawmakers Against Therapeutic Abortion
Raúl Gutiérrez, Inter Press Service - IPS

 June 16 

“Pro-life” drugstores market beliefs
Rob Stein, Washington Post

 June 15 

Czech majority Supports abortion rights
Angus Reid Global Monitor

 June 11 

Decision raises fears over abortion
John Hartevelt, Associated Press

 June 2 

Abortion rights backers take stand against bill
Christopher Maughan, The Gazette

 May 29 

Anti-abortion measure OK'd for Colorado ballot
Dan Elliott, Associated Press

 May 28 

Analysis: Obama, McCain both need abortion issue
Ed Stoddard, Reuters

 May 27 

Tayside has highest abortion rate in Scotland
BBC

 May 22 

Tories hope to revive abortion debate after election victory in Britain
Ben Russell and Nigel Morris, The Independent

 May 21 

Virginia abortion law overturned again
Robert Barnes, Washington Post

 May 16 

Reducing maternal mortality is easy with safe abortion
Alicia Meulensteen, RH Reality Check

 May 16 

Naral picks Obama, and uproar breaks out
Katharine Q. Seeyle, New York Times

 May 15 

Canada eyes OTC sale of Plan B "morning-after" pill
Charmaine Noronha, Associated Press

 May 14 

Kenyan activists launch campaign to ease laws
Henry Neondo, Africa Science News Service