Can having an abortion have consequences on my mental health?
Did you know that there is actually no evidence that induced abortion affects your mental health? On the contrary, stigma, social prejudice and lack of access to abortion have been found to be factors that can trigger emotional distress in some people who terminate their pregnancies.
What to do if I need a safe abortion?
The safe abortion allows women and others with gestational capacity to make choices about their lives and their future. When a decision has been made to opt for a termination of pregnancy, quality services and reliable, scientifically backed information must be made...
The importance of having safe and reliable information to decide whether or not to have an abortion
In the context of September 28th, Global Day of Action for Safe and Free Abortion, Latin America presents a diverse framework in the advance towards the defense of the right to decide. We observe in Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and Uruguay more progressive laws that facilitate access to abortion and reflect the commitment to reproductive rights; as well as important initiatives in Chile and Ecuador, which seek the eradication of abortion from their penal codes. On a par with countries such as El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic, which maintain a position that criminalizes abortion in all circumstances.
Mothers’ Day: the right to care is necessary to ensure free and desired motherhood
– Motherhood, nurturing and care, historically, have been attributed to women and feminized identities, who have been assigned family welfare and domestic work without economic remuneration. – In the region, only 14 countries guarantee the minimum number...
Beatriz’s story was heard at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) held a public hearing on March 22-23 in San José, Costa Rica, on Beatriz, the young woman who in 2013 requested an abortion from the State of El Salvador to save her health and life.
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