A-Infos (en) Brazil, CAB: For a September 28th of Struggle for Free, Safe, and Legal Abortion for Everyone (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In Latin America, the feminist and queer movement has been able to put 
forward the debate for free, safe, and legal abortion. In 1990, 
September 28th was established as a symbolic day of struggle for the 
legalization and decriminalization of abortion by the Fifth Feminist 
Encuentro of Latin America and the Caribbean. Since then, and until 
today, the feminist movement has won victories in every one of the 
countries in the region and has left a mark on the public agenda.

The reality is distinct in every region of the continent, starting with 
the situations in Chile and Brazil, where voluntary abortions are 
prohibited and penalized. Although some exceptions exist in Brazil, 
access to the procedure through legal routes is always difficult. The 
cases are somewhat different in Uruguay and Argentina, where in 2012 and 
2020, respectively, where street mobilizations forced legislative 
concessions that allowed women to make decisions about their own bodies. 
The Colombian case is also significant, as free and legal abortion was 
secured in 2022, with even less restrictions.

The United States deserves its own paragraph. The right to a voluntary 
abortion had been guaranteed since 1973 through a group of amendments. 
However, in 2022, the Supreme Court reversed the decision and granted 
each state the ability to adopt its own legislation on the issue. This 
created a huge disparity in the access to abortion across the country.

The illegality of abortive practices, far from avoiding abortions, has 
only put our lives at risk. It is important to note that this practice 
cuts across lines of gender, race, and class. Historically, these 
matters have pushed poor women, Black women, and gender non-conforming 
folks into deadly situations- meanwhile, those women who could afford to 
pay for an abortion had access to safe private clinics.

In moments where the reactionary discourses grow all over Latin America, 
it is urgent to fight for the autonomy for women and gender 
non-conforming folks. Because of this, the struggle for free, safe, and 
legal abortion is not different from the struggle for the right to 
decide over our own bodies. This goes hand in hand with the struggle for 
comprehensive sexual education and to guarantee access to birth control. 
Both are necessary pillars so that we can exercise family planning, and 
we can freely decide about our lives.

If we learn anything from the feminist and queer movement, it is that 
the struggle must not be interrupted, only strengthened. The dominant 
sectors will always try to control our bodies and limit our autonomy, 
which puts us on constant alert to maintain the rights that we have won 
through struggle and organization.

That's why this September 28th, we say:

Comprehensive Sexual Education to decide!

Birth Control to not abort!

Free, Safe, and Legal Abortion to not die!

CALA - Coordinación Anarquista Latinoamericana

CAB - Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira
FAR - Federación Anarquista de Rosario
fAu - federación Anarquista uruguaya
Sibling Organizations:

OAC - Organización Anarquista de Córdoba
OASC - Organización Anarquista de Santa Cruz
ORA - Organización Resistencia Anarquista (Buenos Aires)

https://cabanarquista.com.br/por-um-28-de-setembro-de-luta-por-aborto-legal-seguro-e-gratuito-para-todas/
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