Latino Reproductive Rights Project     Latino Communities face reproductive health disparities that are large in number and impact; for example, Latina women have the highest rate of unintended pregnancies in the country. Additionally, Latina women in the U.S. have twice the amount of cervical cancer cases than non-Latina white women. The National Institute created a project to combat these significant factors that affect all Latino communities. The Latino Reproductive Rights Project (LRRP) is a unique collaboration between the National Institute and the Hispanic Federation. The goal of the LRRP is to increase the knowledge of the sexual and reproductive health disparities in our Latino communities and empower them to safeguard their reproductive rights.

Read more about the project or email Maricela Ureño, Director of the Latino Reproductive Rights Project.


Learning Tools and Resources
Use these informative resources to enrich your curriculum, engage young people, and educate yourself and others about Latinos' reproductive health

• Read the poems and raps there were written and presented by youth that attended the "Shout Out to My Peeps" workshops in 2007 and 2008
  
  
  
• See LRRP's PowerPoint presentation from the American Public Health Association's (APHA) conference
  
  
  
• Read our fact sheet on Reducing Reproductive and Sexual Health Disparities Among Latino Youth
  • [en español]
  
  
• Read our fact sheet on Latinas and Cervical Cancer
  • [en español]