Abortion Requests Up in Some Latin American Countries After Zika Warnings

By the Editors

Abortion requests in Latin America increased following a Pan American Health Organization alert about Zika in late 2015, according to a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine. A nonprofit that provides abortion medication reported 36% to 108% increases in requests over baseline in countries with domestic Zika transmission, legal restrictions on abortion access, and national health advisories about pregnancy risks.