How Brazilian Women Turned an Ulcer Pill Into a Safe Abortion Method
Latino USA
My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
This week, we’re presenting the first episode of “The Network,” a series that Latino USA co-produced with NPR’s Embedded.
In the mid-1980s, an OBGYN in Brazil noticed that far fewer pregnant women at his hospital were dying from abortion complications. It wasn’t a coincidence. Brazilian women had made a discovery that allowed them to safely have abortions at home, despite the country’s abortion restrictions. That discovery eventually spread across the globe and transformed access to abortion for millions of women, including women now in the United States.
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