Ecuador: Survivors of sexual violence demand legislation to protect their rights
"I am a survivor of sexual violence in childhood and I am here to demand that legislation be passed by listening to our life experiences", began S.
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"I am a survivor of sexual violence in childhood and I am here to demand that legislation be passed by listening to our life experiences", began S.
[This article was originally published on 12 February 2021.] In the early morning hours of 29-30 December, the Argentine Senate voted ‘yes', as expected, to the Law on the Voluntary Interruption (...)
Every week of late, more than 20 women with unwanted pregnancies come to Dr. Miranda Ruiz, one of the few physicians who perform free abortions in northern Argentina’s Salta province — many under a year-old law that legalized elective abortion to the 14th week of gestation. Yet activists say that abortion services in socially conservative…
A year after Argentina legalized elective abortions up to 14 weeks of gestation, bureaucratic and societal obstacles to obtaining the procedure are widespread.
It's been a year since Argentina legalized elective abortions up to 14 weeks of gestation, and there are disparities in the procedure's availability