The abortion rights movement in Argentina is responsible for shifting on-the-ground perception and showing politicians that times have changed, that new generations have different priorities and that it is possible to win elections advocating for legal abortion.
Author: Cora Fernández Anderson
Cora Fernández Anderson is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at Mount Holyoke College. She is the author of "Fighting for Abortion Rights in Latin America. Social Movements, State Allies and Institutions" (2020).
Argentina’s Lower Chamber Legalizes Abortion Up to 14 Weeks
Argentine feminists believe the time has finally come for abortion to be legalized.
“Stop making women’s bodies the battleground of all the political and economic issues you cannot solve.”