They call for a “dance for free abortion”

Carolina Gomez Mena

The newspaper La Jornada
Monday, September 23, 2024, p. 12

A few days before September 28, the Global Day of Action for the Decriminalization of Abortion, various groups, including the Information Group on Chosen Reproduction (GIRE), the Network for Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Mexico, Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean (Ipas LAC) and Ipas Mexico, as well as Catholics for the Right to Decide (CDD), will hold rallies, marches and even a dance for free abortion.

CDD explained that this last activity is because the party is also politicalso After going out into the streets we invite them to the big dance.

Likewise, Laura Andrade, from Ipas LAC, indicated that although Latin America has been spearhead in terms of access to legal and safe abortion, derived from regulatory changesthere is still room for progress in various nations in the region and also in Mexico.

In the country, more than half of the states have not yet decriminalized abortion, only 13 states have approved it and in five states, changes to penal codes are pending.

The Latin American Consortium against Unsafe Abortion (Clacai) indicated that access to this procedure has been unequal in the region and that countries must make progress on legal matters to have better access to quality abortion.

Andrade exposed The Day It is important for national and local governments to adapt or modify their legal and regulatory frameworks. to generate mechanisms and conditions so that unplanned pregnancies can be prevented, but also so that, once these pregnancies are confirmed, different possibilities can be given to pregnant women, both for those who want to become mothers and for those who do not..

She added that earlier this month, Ipas LAC held an online session on safe abortion, which was “the longest in history, as it was broadcast for 24 hours without interruption, in which Ipas LAC, together with 90 experts and 180 organizations, launched a communication initiative aimed at offering information to those who go online, whether to make a decision about having an abortion – or not – as well as to find out what their options are in the event of terminating a pregnancy.”

He said that 4,000 people from 46 countries, including some in Europe, Africa and Asia, connected to the broadcast on social media Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.