Abortion Lawfare in Latin America: Some reading keys for a changing scenario BATALHA PELO DIREITO AO ABORTO NA AMÉRICA LATINA: CONCEITOS-CHAVE SOBRE UM CENÁRIO EM MUDANÇA

DEFAGO, MARIA ANGELICA PEÑAS; GIANELLA, CAMILA; BARBIERI, CATARINA HELENA CORTADA; DE ASSIS MACHADO, MARTA R.

Revista Direito GV

Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Escola de Direito de Sao Paulo

Lugar: Sao Pablo; Año: 2021 vol. 17 p. 1 - 6

The project?s initial aim was to reflect on the phenomenon of the legal battles of abortionrights in Latin America, and the political dimensions of these. Across the region, abortionrights were already emerging as a contested issue during electoral campaigns. Moreover,cases, such as the Colombian and the Mexican, were already showing the possibilities of back-lash of legal victories, through constitutional reforms bills, or the use of political power to dis-courage providers and women seeking for abortion services, as well as the risks of weakimplementation of the judicial rulings expanding abortion rights.