Abstract : This section includes an interview with Marta Marfa Blandon and Lorna Norori, Nicaraguan psychologists and members of Nicaragua's Red de Mujeres contra la Violencia (Network ofWomen Against Violence). Marta Marfa and Lorna participated directly in the resolution of Rosita's case, which is emblematic of the struggle for the defense of women's human rights, the right to reproductive choice and the right to corporal and psychological integrity. We also include information about the recent consolidation of the Mesa Feminista sobre Aborto (Feminist Working Group on Abortion) in Chile. In this country, women are absolutely prohibited from accessing legal abortions even when their lives or health is endangered. A bill currently before the Chilean Senate would toughen this already restrictive law in direct opposition to Chilean public opinion. Despite the stigmatization of abortion, a high percentage of both women and men in Chile support women's right to reproductive choice. (excerpt)
Web site : http://www.reddesalud.org/english/sitio/021.htmAbstract : The Grupo por la Despenalizacion del Aborto en Colombia (Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion in Colombia) and the Cali branch of the Red Colombiana de Mujeres por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (Colombian Network of Women for Sexual and Reproductive and Sexual Rights) are leading other women's organizations in a national and international campaign to reform the current Penal Code. Their goal is the decriminalization of abortion in cases of rape, risk to the mother's life, fetal malformation and unfavorable psychological or socioeconomic factors. This campaign for free choice emphasizes that Colombia is one of four countries in the world where abortion is totally prohibited, despite the government's international commitments to protect women's health and rights.
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