https://archive.md/emoF9
"Simone de Beauvoir once said: “Never forget that a political, economic or
religious crisis will be enough for women’s rights to be questioned again.
These rights are never to be taken for granted; you must remain vigilant
throughout your life.” It was an omen. Such a situation occurred in June 2022,
when the United States Supreme Court repealed the right to abortion in the
country, 50 years after it was encoded into law. The repeal of
Roe v. Wade
proved that changes in political or judicial power could put past victories
into jeopardy. It dealt a blow to the decades of struggle; however, it failed
to stem the tide throughout the Western Hemisphere. In Argentina, Colombia, and
Mexico, the justice systems have recently decriminalized the interruption of a
pregnancy at the federal level. These rulings have emerged as beacons of hope
in the defense of women’s reproductive rights in the Americas.
Behind the latest Latin American victory (Mexico), there was no luck — only an
ambitious legal strategy that has been in the works for years. “It’s now or
never,” thought the lawyers belonging to GIRE (Grupo de Información en
Reproducción Elegid), just before they began to file dozens of cases, in an
attempt to modify the criminal codes in the majority of Mexico’s 32 states. The
plan began after September 7, 2021. That day, the Supreme Court of Justice of
the Nation (SCJN) ruled that it was unconstitutional to put a woman in jail for
having an abortion. Then-president of the court Arturo Zaldívar called the
ruling “a new route towards freedom, dignity, and respect and a great step in
the historic fight for equality.”
The precedent was so strong that GIRE — a feminist organization — decided to
take advantage of it, to change the future of millions of women. The first step
had been achieved: women could no longer be imprisoned for getting abortions.
Judges had the obligation to dismiss their cases, but women could still be
criminalized, persecuted and stigmatized in other ways. The ideal path would
have been for the local state legislatures to voluntarily decide to change
their legislation. However, two years after the ruling, only 11 states had
eliminated the crime of abortion. And, even in those states, access to abortion
was very limited. For example, in the state of Sinaloa, if women arrived at a
state medical center to terminate their pregnancy, but were users of federal
health services or social security programs, they were sent to facilities run
by said institutions, where abortion was still prohibited."
Via
Future Crunch:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-abortion-mexico-vaccine-indonesia-conservation-alaska/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
