The importance of having safe and reliable information to decide whether or not to have an abortion

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.

I don’t know whether to abort or not became the longest safe abortion livestream in history.

I don’t know whether to abort or not became the longest safe abortion livestream in history.

“We all love someone who has had an abortion. It is with them in mind that today we are making history and leaving a legacy,” said María Antonieta Alcalde Castro, director of Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean, at the beginning of the livestream, which was transmitted uninterrupted for 24 hours from Friday, September 6 to Saturday, September 7, starting at 11 a.m. (Mexico City time).

I don’t know whether to abort or not became the longest safe abortion livestream in history.

I don’t know whether to abort or not became the longest safe abortion livestream in history.

“We all love someone who has had an abortion. It is with them in mind that today we are making history and leaving a legacy”, said María Antonieta Alcalde Castro, director of Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean, at the beginning of the livestream, which was transmitted uninterrupted for 24 hours from Friday, September 6 to Saturday, September 7, from 11 a.m. (Mexico City time).