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An Argentinian woman protests for access to free and safe abortions
THOUSANDS of women marched in Argentina yesterday demanding an end to violence against women and for access to free, safe abortions.
A large crowd gathered outside the congress building in Buenos Aires with banners against patriarchy, demanding an “end to death from clandestine abortions.”
They were marking the third anniversary of the “Not One More” march, with many wearing green as the symbolic colour of the abortion fight adopted by the movement.
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Police guidelines suggesting home searches and digital checks for women who experience pregnancy loss under suspicion of having broken the outdated 1967 Abortion Act have sparked uproar, writes PEOPLES’ HEALTH DISPATCH