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“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. <\/strong>“said Mar\u00eda 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). “We are making sure that they have truthful information and that they do not fall into the clutches of organizations that are seeking to misinform them or dissuade them from exercising their right<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n In the initial panel, where the largest number of connected audience was achieved, Andi Mart\u00edn del Campo, a psychologist expert in sexuality and creator of content in social networks, spoke about her experience having detonated the conversation from her Instagram account on Monday, September 2, with a video<\/a> in which she showed a sign with the caption: “I don’t know whether to have an abortion or not”.<\/p>\n After the revelation of the initiative, several content creators took up the idea, such as Ashley Frangie, Maquis Camargo, Pau G. Melo, Plumademujer, El M\u00e1gic, Ana Valeria Becerril, Tengotresnombres, Frida Araujo F., La Laura Guevara, Paulangosta, Catalina Ruiz Navarro, Carolina.afrofem, Julia Didriksson, among others.<\/p>\n “Yes, I have seen an evolution, at least in my profile, I am only going to talk about what I know, in that women now have less shame and less guilt to be able to talk openly about: hello, I had an abortion and this and this and this worked for me; or: hello, I had an abortion and it was the best decision and I did not get depressed, because what would have depressed me is that they would have forced me to be a mother”.<\/em><\/strong>said Andi Martin del Campo.<\/p>\n Activist and content creator Julia Didriksson celebrated the reach achieved by the longest safe abortion livestream in history, thanks to an articulation that involved the efforts of more than 90 experts and 180 organizations throughout the region. “I believe in the power of collective strength, in being able to do it together, in being able to do it with all of you, with all of our organizations; because we cannot fight this struggle alone”<\/em><\/strong>she stressed.<\/p>\n Of the more than 4,500 people who followed the live broadcast from the nosesiabortarono.org<\/a> website, the main countries of origin were Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, the United States and Guatemala:<\/p>\n In this historical articulation with regional, national and local organizations that joined efforts to resolve the main doubts about safe abortion, from a socio-cultural, health, social justice and reproductive rights perspective, the participation of highly restrictive countries in terms of abortion was highlighted, since Latin America has the subregion of the world with the highest number of countries that totally criminalize it: of the seven countries that make up Central America, three criminalize abortion in all its forms.<\/p>\n “The digital space has become a space that we have appropriated because we had no other channel,” said Joshi Leb\u00e1n, member of Asociaci\u00f3n Ameyalli and Sombrilla Centroamericana.<\/em><\/strong>said Joshi Leb\u00e1n, member of Asociaci\u00f3n Ameyalli and Sombrilla Centroamericana.<\/p>\n During the live transmission, questions were received from social networks and the website. The block that received the most questions was Safe Abortion<\/a>, where the main concerns were about the types of procedures, self-managed abortion<\/a>, abortion according to weeks of pregnancy, care during and after an abortion<\/a>, as well as pre-existing health conditions to consider when having an abortion and recommendations for pain management. <\/p>\n The other two blocks that also received a high percentage of questions were the Pathways to abortion: support networks, where concerns focused on how support works, where to find information about these networks in the different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean<\/a>, how to be trained to support an abortion, as well as the uncertainty in highly restrictive countries to share information without this implying a risk.<\/p>\n The Legal Framework for Abortion in Latam received questions about the progress and implementation of access laws in the region<\/a>, the human rights frameworks that ratify abortion as a right, as well as the diversity of conditions that enable the legality of the procedure according to the number of weeks, geographic location, as well as protections for health personnel.<\/p>\n Some doubts that appealed to various blocks were related to cultural beliefs and stigma about abortion. In this regard, Erika Guevara Rosas, Amnesty International’s Global Director of Research, Advocacy, Campaign and Policy, commented that: “It is important to emphasize that access to safe and legal abortion is a human right, it is a human rights issue. Denying women, girls and others with the capacity to bear children access to abortion is a form of discrimination and violates a range of human rights. This is often not considered when debating whether or not to have an abortion.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n However, it was not all questions, the audience also shared comments about their experiences, so the various live chats, from social networks and the website, became spaces of support and solidarity.<\/p>\n “My mother at the age of 13, she told me that women have always had abortions and would continue to do so. I will thank her all my life.”<\/em><\/strong> said one of the comments.<\/p>\n Next steps<\/strong><\/p>\n In the coming weeks, the website nosesiabortarono.org<\/a> will be in a process of updating to become an informative repository with the answers, in text and video to the questions that the population has about abortion; since, “the livestream is not the ultimate goal – of I don’t know whether to abort or not – it is a means to reach a website where we have all the information that we came to make available to people<\/strong><\/em>“said the Ipas LAC director.<\/p>\n “Algorithms have started to create ghettos on the internet that have had an impact on democracy, that is why we have to make more content, so that we can reach more people; because if a person is thinking about whether to have an abortion or not, the first thing they are going to do is go on the internet, and that this information is there is important<\/strong><\/em>“concluded the co-founder and director of Volcanicas, Catalina Ruiz Navarro, in the last block of the transmission.<\/p>\n Currently, information from the more than 90 experts who participated in the longest safe abortion livestream in history and general campaign data is available on the website. To receive information when the site is enabled as a repository, people can register here.<\/a> <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Media Liaison Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n Irene V\u00e1zquez Gudi\u00f1o<\/p>\n +52 55 3428 0544<\/p>\n vazquezi@ipas.org<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” width=”4%” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” show_divider=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Ipas LAC is a regional organization that is part of an international nonprofit network working in the Americas, Africa and Asia to ensure that all women and people of childbearing capacity have the freedom and enjoyment of reproductive choice.<\/p>\n Sarape Group<\/strong><\/p>\n Sarape Group is a global agency that promotes ideas with a cause. It creates and develops social projects and campaigns since 2010. <\/p>\n Co-host organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n ACCEDER, Costa Rica; Agrupaci\u00f3n Ciudadana por la Despenalizaci\u00f3n del Aborto, El Salvador; Amnesty International; Cat\u00f3licas por el Derecho a Decidir (CDD), Argentina; Centro de Derechos Reproductivos (CDR); Corporaci\u00f3n Miles, Chile; Grupo de Informaci\u00f3n en Reproducci\u00f3n Elegida (GIRE), Mexico; INCIDE Joven, Guatemala; Ipas Bolivia; Las Libres, Mexico; Las Thias, Panama; Profamilia, Colombia; Promsex, Peru; Red Necesito Abortar, Mexico; Sombrilla Centroamericana; and Surkuna, Ecuador.<\/p>\n Participating Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n Abortera Peric\u00fa; Aborto Legal M\u00e9xico; Acci\u00f3n Feminista por la Paz; Algaraza, hacia la justicia social y restaurativa A.C.; APROSUVI; Aquelarre, laboratorio de dise\u00f1o feminista; Asociaci\u00f3n Alas de Guatemala; Asociaci\u00f3n Colectivo Alejandr\u00eda; Asociaci\u00f3n por una Inclusi\u00f3n Social de las Mujeres y su Entorno (MUSOR); Asociaci\u00f3n voces de mujeres; Balance Promoci\u00f3n para el Desarrollo y Juventud A.C.; BeRadFem Xela; Bol\u00edvar en Falda; Brujas Californias; Campa\u00f1a Aborto Legal Morelos; Campa\u00f1a por el Aborto Legal, hacia la justicia social y restaurativa A.C.; BeRadFem Xela; Bol\u00edvar en Falda; Brujas Californias; Campa\u00f1a Aborto Legal Morelos; Campa\u00f1a por el aborto legal, seguro y gratuito en Colombia; CEDES; CEJIL; Centro de Derechos de Mujeres; CLACAI; Coalici\u00f3n Feminista Esmeralde\u00f1a-COFESME; CODESER; COEEPEM A.C.; Colectiva Feminista La Revuelta; Colectiva Feminista MujerManglar; Colectiva Feminista Mujer Manglar; Colectivo Guendaracane’; Colegio de Especialistas en Enfermeria Perninatal de M\u00e9xico A.C.Colmena Consultoras; Coraz\u00f3n Mixteco Atenci\u00f3n Psicol\u00f3gica; Corporaci\u00f3n Humanas; Corporaci\u00f3n Mujeres Libres; Corporaci\u00f3n Popular La Caracola; Cresiendo Per\u00fa; Cultivando G\u00e9nero A.C.; DAS Canc\u00fan; Ddespina; DAS Canc\u00fan; DAS Canc\u00fan.DAS Canc\u00fan; Ddeser Estado de M\u00e9xico; Ddeser Guerrero; Ddeser Jalisco; Ddeser Quintana Roo; Divulvadoras; Domo, Centro M\u00e9dico Argentina; Eliana Arancibia; Equipo Jur\u00eddico por los Derechos Humanos Honduras; Es delis con Eis; FCAM; Fe sin Violencias; FEMCHI; Fondo de Aborto para la Justicia Social MAR\u00cdA; Frente por los derechos sexuales y reproductivos Oaxaca; Fundaci\u00f3n Chiapaneca para Mujeres Migrantes A.C.; Fundaci\u00f3n MSI; Fundaci\u00f3n MxM; Fundaci\u00f3n Unidos por un M\u00e9xico Vivo A.C.; GES Mujer Rosario Castellanos; Grupo de Enfermer\u00eda por el Derecho a Decidir; Hesperian; Hysterfuria; Igualdad Sustantiva Yucat\u00e1n A.C.; IM Swedish Development Partner; INCODESI; Iniciativas Feministas; Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir; Investigaci\u00f3n en Salud y Demograf\u00eda, S.C. (Insad); IPPF ACRO; Jacarandas; La casa rosada; La Chismecita; Landivarianos; Las Comadres Red de acompa\u00f1amiento en aborto; Las Consejeras Oaxaca; Las cuidanderas; Las cuidanderas; Las ex exageradas azuerences; Las Sabinas; Libres y Aut\u00f3nomas Chihuahua; L\u00faminas Centro de Derechos Humanos A.C.; Marcha Disidente x la Memoria; Marea Verde Chihuahua; Marea Verde Guerrero; Marea Verde Guerrero; Marea Verde Tlaxcala; Matamoros Decide; MERAKI: Weaving community; Mexfam; Mi \u00datero Feliz A.C.; Michis Aborteros; PBA Health Ministry; Morada Violeta; Mujeres Organizadas de Tlaxcala; Mujeres Siempreviva; Mutantes Disidentes; No se metan con nuestras hijas; Odesyr A.C.; Old Witches Colectiva Anti Patriarcal; Oleada Feminista; Para M\u00e1s Placer, Infosex; Pequespacio Feminista; Periferia Subversiva; Planned Parenthood Global; Plataforma municipal de justicia inclusiva de Trinidad; Polifon\u00eda; Pro Salud A.C.; Psicolog\u00eda Integral de Vanguardia; Quinta Ola; RadeT Red de acompa\u00f1antas de Tlaxcala; Red Aborto Seguro Saltillo; Red ASALEAS; Red de M\u00e9dicas por el Derecho a Decidir; Red de M\u00e9dicas por el Derecho a Decidir; Red de profesionales de la salud por el derecho a Decidir; Red de Voluntariado Diversx; Red Huilense De Defensa y Acompa\u00f1amiento en Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (RHUDA); Red Nacional de L\u00edderes y Lideresas Juveniles T\u00fa Decides; REDAAS; REDefine CDMX; Redefine Durango; REDefine Puebla; Si hay mujeres en Durango A.C.; Siempre Unidas; Socorristas en Red; Te acompa\u00f1o, Abrazaditas; Telefem A.C.; Tlali Bienestar y Conservaci\u00f3n; Tribu Durangue\u00f1a; Una mano amiga en la lucha contra el sida, A.C. (UMALCS); UNASSE, A.C.; Unidas Para Avanzar; Vidas Paralelas ONG; Vitala Global; Women’s Equality Center (WEC); Yapuranas Colectiva Feminista.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” width=”4%” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” show_divider=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Follow us on social networks<\/p>\n Instagram: @ipaslac<\/a><\/p>\n TikTok: @ipaslac<\/a><\/p>\n Twitter: @ipaslac<\/a><\/p>\n LinkedIn: Ipas LAC<\/a><\/p>\nWhat is the audience wondering about abortion?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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