Introduction by Ana Cecilia Dinerstein followed by an interview with María Alicia Gutiérrez (Leader of the Argentine Campaign for the Legalization of Abortion) by the author (*)
Searching for alternatives to unsustainable and inequitable model of ‘development’
The year 2020 ended on a triumphant note for the feminist movement in Argentina. Following a sustained and resolute struggle led by women, the Argentinian Congress consented to pass a bill making abortion legal in the country in December. Beginning the 24th of January, the provisions of the new “National Law for the Access to the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy” (Interrupción Voluntaria del Embarazo, [IVE]), No 27.610) have been made available to every person with the capacity to gestate (i.e. Cis-women, non-binary and trans men). Those who desire to have an abortion can do so now in a public hospital without the need to explain causes or give reasons up to the fourteenth week of their pregnancy. The country has begun reorganizing the public health sector to implement this new protocol for the people’s right to legal interruption of pregnancy. In this article, I explore the history as well as the context of the Argentinian struggle for the legalization and reproductive justice. This is followed by my interview with María Alicia Gutiérrez, a Professor of Reproductive Health at the University of Buenos Aires and a long-term member of the National Campaign for Legal Abortion, and a Professor of reproductive health at the University of Buenos Aires.
Read more…https://www.radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/the-rising-green-tide-fighting-for-reproductive-justice-in-argentina/