Marie Stopes Ethiopia
Marie Stopes Ethiopia is a non-profit organization based in Ethiopia. Established in 1990, it provides sexual and reproductive health services, with a strong focus on family planning, maternal and child health, safe abortion and post-abortion care where permitted, and HIV/AIDS related services. They have 20 static centres across Ethiopia with their head center at Addis Ababa. These are permanent clinics offering regular hours and a variety of services.
As of 2022, MRE and the Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia were the two largest NGOS in the country which provided sexual and reproductive health services.
Services and impact
In 2012, an MRE clinic in Addis Ababa saw 13,000 patients, of whom around 8,500 were seeking abortions.MRE has not complied with the global gag rule placed on abortion counseling and referrals, preventing it from receiving financial funding from the U.S. government. Following the 2017 reinstatement of the rule, the loss of USAID funds forced MRE to end services that provided premament contraception.