Justice system convicts four out of five women reported for abortion, study says
A study conducted by the NGO Anis Bioethics Institute and released this Tuesday (1st) pointed out that four out of five women reported for having an abortion—or for permitting an abortion for another person—were convicted by the Justice system. The survey mapped judicial proceedings regarding abortion in Brazil between 2012 and 2022. It analyzed 402 judicial documents against […]
Brazil had 218 women imprisoned for abortion between 2012 and 2022, study reveals
Criminal law is not the solution for regulating abortion
The author of this column, written for CIPER, reviews the main findings of the ‘National Report on the Criminalization of Abortion in Chile,’ presented this January 9. She notes that the penalization of pregnancy termination ‘has stigmatized women and girls facing obstetric emergencies, has imprisoned innocent women and girls, and has reinforced the stigma toward […]
1,000 women a year are criminally reported for having an abortion in Peru
Every day in Peru, women who seek help at public healthcare services for an abortion end up being reported and criminally prosecuted by the justice system, according to a study by Proyecta Igualdad titled Cruelty Made Routine: The Criminalization of Abortion in Peru (2012–2022). The investigation reveals that between 2012 and 2022, 9,962 women were criminally […]