Despite abortion being legally restricted and permitted only to save a woman’s life, it remains widely practiced, often in unsafe conditions by untrained providers and quacks. Legal and policy barriers, limited access to safe abortion services, social stigma, inadequate reproductive health education, and pervasive social stigma drive many women to seek unsafe abortions. In the last 25 years, Ipas has built evidence showing the urgent need to save women’ life and crash maternal mortality. Yet, because safe abortion care remains hidden in secrecy and stigma, many women procure unsafe procedures, costing their lives and fueling preventable deaths.

This learning brief showcases successes and gaps that require strengthening to overcome procurement barriers, supply-chain inefficiencies, and limited awareness among health providers as well as government stakeholders that continue to hinder access to MA Combipack...