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IPAS – Who are they?
Starting in 1971, the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Population funded Battelle Laboratories’ work to develop nonelectric vacuum aspiration for uterine evacuation. But in 1973, Congress passed the Helms Amendment to the US Foreign Assistance Act, prohibiting the use of any US foreign aid to support abortion services overseas. In response, a group of researchers and others affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came together to complete development of the manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) technology that Battelle had begun. IPAS — International Pregnancy Advisory Services — was born.
Along with the manufacture and distribution of MVA instruments, Ipas’s initial focus was on establishing freestanding abortion clinics in developing countries. Between 1974 and 1980, Ipas supported the opening of 13 clinics in 11 countries.
Throughout the 80s and early 90s, Ipas increased its role in the international health arena, helping to increase understanding that unsafe abortion is a significant cause of maternal deaths and injuries, and therefore a public health concern. Ipas coined the term “postabortion care,” which was rapidly embraced by the reproductive health community, including USAID. We undertook important research to inform health systems and guide decisionmaking for service delivery. We began working with national and international policymakers to improve reproductive health policies at every level. And we continued to train health-care providers to deliver woman-centered abortion and postabortion care to the full extent of the law in their countries.
IPAS Contacts
Ipas is headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in the United States.
For media requests, please contact media@ipas.org. For all other requests:
P.O. Box 9990
Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA
phone: 919.967.7052
800.334.8446 (toll-free in US)
fax: 919.929.0258
IPAS Nigeria Contacts
Address
Ralph Shodeinde Street, Oppo Federal Ministry of Finance, Central Business District, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria
Phone
08037873991