The Global Day for Stigma-Free Abortion seeks to transform the narratives and conversations around abortion, disseminate reliable information and promote safe spaces for those who exercise this right and for those who accompany or perform abortions.
Under the slogan “Today and always, together forward,” on International Women’s Day, Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean (Ipas LAC) once again speaks out in favor of safe abortion, because when women and people with the capacity to bear children are denied the possibility of choosing over their own bodies, they are also denied their human rights; because when we talk about rights, we are talking about real lives.
As an organization that promotes social justice, we believe in democracy, human rights and access to unbiased information about sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion.
El Salvador, December 20, 2024. “I just want to live,” Beatriz said 11 years ago. Beatriz was a young mother of a small child, sick with lupus and living in poverty. In 2013 she faced a second high-risk pregnancy, in which the fetus was diagnosed as having anencephaly, meaning that it had not developed a brain, a condition incompatible with life outside the womb.
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