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.

Featured image by Luke Medina for NPR. 

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Episode credits:

Producers and reporters: Victoria Estrada and Marta Martinez 

Editor: Rhaina Cohen

Fact Checkers: Zazil Davis-Vazquez, Nicolette Khan and Giovana Romano Sanchez

Social Media: Luis Luna, Adreanna Rodriguez and Anhelo Reyes

Engineer: Robert Rodriguez

Latino USA Managing Editor: Fernanda Echavarri

The Network Supervising Senior Editor: Katie Simon 

Latino USA Executive Producers: Peniley Ramirez, Marlon Bishop and Maria Hinojosa

The Network Executive Producer: Irene Noguchi