by Ana Martha Sanchez | Feb 4, 2025
The decision of the Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE) towards a more inclusive, just and humane public health policy is a step towards the guarantee of the right to health, as well as “a sign of the clear understanding that the termination of pregnancy is a health service like any other,” said Mara Zaragoza, deputy director of the ISSSTE, in a statement.said Mara Zaragoza, Deputy Director of Strengthening at Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean (Ipas LAC).
by Ana Martha Sanchez | Feb 4, 2025 | Abortion, legal and regulatory frameworks, Clinical practice, Safe Abortion, Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Ipas LAC recognizes ISSSTE’s willingness to guarantee the reproductive rights of women and other people with the capacity to bear children for government workers and their families.
by Ana Martha Sanchez | Oct 10, 2024 | Abortion, myths and stigma, Human rights, Safe Abortion, Self-managed abortion, Sexual and Reproductive Rights
– Stigma and criminalization of abortion are factors that can have an emotional impact on those who decide to terminate their pregnancies. – When abortion is performed under safe, legal conditions, with complete information and based on scientific...
by Ana Martha Sanchez | Oct 7, 2024 | Abortion, legal and regulatory frameworks, Abortion, myths and stigma, Human rights, Safe Abortion, Sexual and Reproductive Rights
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...
by Ana Martha Sanchez | Sep 26, 2024
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.
by Barb Baranski | Sep 18, 2024 | Contraceptive Methods, Safe Abortion, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Teenagers
4,500 people from 49 countries joined the 24-hour live broadcast from the nosesiabortarono.org website . From social networks, more than 10,000 views were counted in real time. More than 90 experts from the region provided live answers to questions from the audience....
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