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 […]
Abortion: Corporación Miles Accuses Disproportionate and Stigmatizing Criminalization
The organization conducted a study analyzing judicial cases for alleged abortions between 2012 and 2022. Among other findings, they detected violations of professional secrecy by health officials. Corporación Miles presented a study that analyzes the judicial treatment of alleged abortion cases between 2012 and 2022. The organization, dedicated to defending reproductive rights, analyzed 459 judicial […]
She arrived for an obstetric emergency and left with a criminal record
Almost 10,000 women were investigated in the last decade for abortions, in many cases involuntary. A new study shows that, even if effective imprisonment is not applied, the financial, labor, and mental health effects cause severe damage to the women who are reported. Yesenia was still bleeding when two police officers entered her hospital room. […]
Four out of Five Women Indicted for Abortion Were Convicted by Brazilian Justice, Study Points Out
Research by the Anis Institute mapped judicial processes related to abortion in Brazil between 2012 and 2022. Four out of five women indicted for having an abortion—or allowing an abortion in another person—were convicted by Brazilian justice between 2012 and 2022. This information comes from the map of judicial processes on abortion in Brazil created […]
Cruelty Made Routine
The report “Cruelty Made Routine” has just been published, focusing on the criminalization of abortion in Peru between 2012 and 2022. It presents data on how people who have abortions end up facing unjust legal processes without guarantees. The report analyzes 100 judicial sentences and 15 criminal files, finding a pattern of “due process violations, […]