IPAS has worked for three decades to increase women's ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights and to reduce deaths and injuries of women from unsafe abortion. Ipas's global and country programs include training, research, advocacy, distribution of equipment and supplies for reproductive-health care, and information dissemination.
Improving access to safe abortion New advocacy tool in three languages by IPAS & Family Care International 2006
Medical Abortion in Bihar and Jharkhand: A study of service providers, chemists, women and women This study interviews abortion service providers, pharmacists and citizens to measure knowledge and use of the method in two Indian states.
Sparking dialogue: Initiating community conversation on safe abortion A step-by-step guide, coauthored by Ipas and PATH, for developing behavior change communication (BCC) strategies that can help increase women's access to safe services.
5 portraits, many lives: How unsafe abortion affects women everywhere This publication puts a human face on the issue to which Ipas has dedicated 30 years: the need to ensure access to safe abortion services for all women, no matter how rich or poor, no matter where they live.
Abortion in Women's Lives The Guttmacher Institute 2006
What the International Conference on Population Says About Abortion UNFPA
The World’s Abortion Laws Centre for Reproductive Rights April 2005
Global Safe Abortion Fund International Planned Parenthood Federation
Death and Denial: Unsafe Abortion and Poverty International Planned Parenthood Federation 2006
Psychological Effects of Termination of Pregnancy: A summary of the literature 1970-2000 Newcastle Institute of Public Health
Children, Youth and Unsafe Abortion International Sexual and Reproductive Rights Coalition Factsheet September 2001
Fetal Pain: A Systematic Multidisciplinary Review of the Evidence Journal of the American Medical Association, August 24-31, 2005
Religious Voices Worldwide Support Choice: Pro-choice Perspectives in Five World Religions Centre for Reproductive Rights Breifing paper September 2005
Late Abortion Marie Stopes International's research study of women undergoing abortion between 19 and 24 weeks gestation
Catholics and Abortion Notes on Canon Law No.1 Catholics for a Free Choice (2003)
The Facts Tell the Story: Catholics and Choice Catholics for a Free Choice
Reflections of a Catholic Theologian On Visiting An Abortion Clinic By Daniel C. Maguire Catholics for a Free Choice
You Are Not Alone—Information For Catholic Women About the Abortion Decision Catholics for a Free Choice
What Do Australians Think About Abortion? ARHA January 2006
Abortion Law in Australia Parliamentary Library of Australia, Law and Bills Digest Group Research Paper 1, 1998-99
Abortion and the Law in New South Wales Research Service, Parliament of New South Wales
How Many Abortions are There in Australia? A Discussion of Abortion Statistics, Their Limitations and Options for Improved Statistical Collection Parliamentary Library of Australia, Social Policy Section, Research Brief no. 9 2004–05
Questions on Notice: Pregnancy Counselling Services Senator Despoja 9 August 2005 Responder- Senator Kay Patterson
Association for the Legal Right to Abortion (WA)
Who's Life? By Rachel Power - 01 Nov 2004, Arena Magazine, No. 73, Oct–Nov 2004
