By Chandra Noyes | Annual Fund Officer
This year, Ipas is marking 50 years of supporting communities around the world to ensure access to abortion and contraception for all.
Our work began in 1973, with the development of the manual vacuum aspirator (MVA), a life-saving device for abortion care still used globally. Since then, we have experienced amazing growth and change as an organization. But one thing hasn’t changed in 50 years: our singular commitment to expand access to abortion. Why? Because abortion is essential health care to which everyone has a right. And because access to abortion and contraception is necessary to ensure reproductive justice for all.
We're proud to support community leaders like Elisa Vega Sillo, a nurse and spiritual leader in her Bolivian community, Sillo knows well that indigenous communities like hers have long considered abortion as a natural way women take care of themselves when circumstances require it. Sillo participated in Ipas Bolivia’s trainings on sexual and reproductive rights and has since been an outspoken advocate for safe, legal abortion—especially for rural women.
Over 50 years, Ipas has developed a comprehensive approach to expanding abortion access that harnesses all sectors of society. We’ve trained, supported, and partnered with activists, health providers, educators, community leaders, lawmakers, youth groups and more—and we bring their collective strength and wisdom to bear in everything we do.
Our powerful global network of experts and activists is making a difference every day. And by supporting Ipas, you can, too.
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