ARGENTINA – National Women’s Meeting: La Plata, city of women
A selection of some of the best photos from the meeting, available via Clarin, 12 October 2019. Photo: Lucia Merle
ARGENTINA – Two stories: Campaign launched by doctors, and young voters in favour of legalising abortion
Doctors from across the country launch campaign for legalisation of abortion Doctors have united in a campaign called “Salvemos miles de vidas” (Saving thousands of lives), thereby ending preventable deaths of women from clandestine abortions and rejecting “false news” about the practice. The campaign went public this week in Córdoba, Mendoza, Rosario (Santa Fe), Entre Ríos, Jujuy, Chaco, Corrientes, Río Negro, Neuquén, Santa Cruz, Chubut, Tierra del Fuego, La Pampa y las localidades bonaerenses de … Continued
ARGENTINA – Amnesty Argentina has launched campaign for safe, free, legal abortion in anticipation of national elections
Amnesty Argentina has launched a campaign and a website with the hashtag #MiHistoriaCuenta (My story counts) that will disseminate information about how deputies and senators voted in the congressional debate on the abortion bill in 2018 and to share information on the situation of abortion in the country. They argue that it is possible to elect a national Congress committed to a safe abortion law. The website contains an infographic with the following data: In … Continued
ARGENTINA – De la Clandestinidad al Congreso
From Clandestinity to Congress: This 30-page publication by the Red de Acceso al Aborto Seguro Argentina (Network for Access to Safe Abortion Argentina, REDAAS) is an analysis of the events that took place during the legislative debate on the Law for the Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy in Argentina in 2018.
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION 1, ARGENTINA – Re-thinking the use of conscientious objection by health professionals: A regulatory proposal based on legal abortion practices in Argentina
Based on legal abortion practices in Argentina, this paper proposes language for the regulation of conscientious objection within public policy. This proposal is empirically informed, based on a review of comparative legal studies and a conceptual framework that considers regulatory needs, gaps in public policy and the everyday experiences of women, healthcare teams and health authorities.