La Marea Verde: The Demand for Legal and Safe Abortion in Latin America

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Issue Sep 27-Oct 03 2023: On September 28, 2023, thousands of women (and many men as well) took to the streets across Latin America to mark International Safe Abortion Day. Wearing, carrying, and waving green scarves, flags, and banners, they marched in cities throughout Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Venezuela, and Ecuador, among other countries. In a play on the so-called “Pink Tide” of leftist governments, supporters of abortion rights in Latin America speak of the “Green Tide,” in reference to the green scarves and bandanas worn by activists and protesters. After abortion was legalized in Argentina in 2020, decriminalized by the Colombian Constitutional Court in 2022, and recently decriminalized by the Mexican Supreme Court, action pending by the Brazilian Supreme Court has hopes running high in the region. Pundits and commentators had thoughts to offer about what has been achieved, and what is left to be done.

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