Argentina’s Milei wants women to have more children while he cuts support for families

Argentina’s Milei wants women to have more children while he cuts support for families
According to a report, only two of 50 national programs aimed at pregnant women, children and caregiving are fully operational

Delfina Torres Cabreros
Sep 05, 2026

From the stage of a luxury hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentine President Javier Milei recently took aim at one of his recurring targets: women, whom he blames for the decline in birth rates that Argentina has seen for more than a decade.

“We are paying a very high price for the madness of the green bandanas,” he said, referring to the symbol used in Argentina’s abortion-rights movement. “That obsession with killing children in the womb is also costing us dearly in terms of growth, and don’t even get me started on what it means for the pension system.”

Continued; https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-09-05/argentinas-milei-wants-women-to-have-more-children-while-he-cuts-support-for-families.html?outputType=amp

Argentina’s Milei blames legalized abortion for decline in births

by Banyeliz Muñoz
Sept. 3, 2026

BUENOS AIRES (UPI) -- Argentina's declining birth rate has drawn renewed attention after President Javier Milei linked the drop in births to the legalization of abortion during at least two public appearances over the past week.

…But demographic data and experts consulted by UPI challenge Milei's assertion, noting that the decline began years before abortion was legalized and reflects broader economic and social factors.

Continued: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/09/03/latam-argentina-births-decline/9831788460232/

U.S. Pushes Expansion of the Anti-Abortion and Anti-LGBTQ+ Geneva Consensus Declaration in Latin America

August 24, 2026

With the U.S. now holding the Secretariat of the anti-woman and anti-LGBTQ+ Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD), Argentina has become the latest Latin American country to join the anti-rights agreement, and the Trump administration is leading the outreach to expand the coalition’s membership.

Argentina’s decision to join is hardly unexpected. The country’s far-right president, Javier Milei, has been a longtime ally of Trump in the region. Milei has repeatedly spoken out against sexual and reproductive rights. With its addition, the GCD now has four members in the region: Argentina, Haiti, Guatemala and Paraguay. But documents obtained by GPAHE reveal that another Latin American country recently declined an invitation to join: Bolivia.

Continued: https://globalextremism.org/post/geneva-consensus-declaration-in-latin-america/

24.08.2026

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The long shadow of Argentina’s dictatorship: she wasn’t who she thought she was – neither was her father

A young activist thought her father’s disapproval of her leftwing views was purely political. Then one evening, a kiss goodbye sent her on a remarkable journey that continues today

By Meaghan Beatley
Thu 20 Aug 2026

As a child, Analía Azic used to pretend she was secretly a princess, the heiress to a magical distant kingdom. In real life, she was the daughter of a greengrocer named Juan Antonio Azic and a demure housewife named Esther Abrego. The family lived in the province of Buenos Aires, which, as anyone from the area will tell you with a dash of pride, is not the city of Buenos Aires but its rougher neighbour. Analía was not royalty, but she had an iron will and audacity out of proportion to her small stature.

Analía cared little for grades at the Ladies Institute of the Sacred Heart, where she rolled with the dominantes, girls who hiked their school skirts up so high they served as little more than belts, and dreamed of the weekend when they could finally trade in their school uniforms for designer jeans and tight tank tops and sashay into Electric Circus, the one local club that allowed in minors. There, Analía would climb atop the speakers and dance, then leap back down to toy with the boys from the Argentine air force’s technical trade school.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/aug/20/long-shadow-argentinas-dictatorship-she-was-not-who-she-thought-she-was-neither-was-her-father

Milei signs up Argentina to Trump’s anti-abortion international alliance

Argentina’s decision to join Trump-led Geneva Consensus brings position on abortion and reproductive rights back into focus; Secrecy surrounding the move raises questions about government’s strategy over politically sensitive issue.

Giselle Leclercq
Aug 16, 2026

With complete secrecy, Argentina has signed up to the Geneva Consensus Declaration, a pro-life anti-abortion declaration promoted by the United States. The instrument addresses the health of women and girls, but has one specific objective: to exert influence over multilateral organisations and oppose the legalisation of abortion.

Argentina’s Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno and US Ambassador to Argentina Peter Lamelas signed the document on Monday, August 10. However, there was no official announcement – President Javier Milei’s administration only announced the move three days later, after information emerged in the US press, and the Perfil newspaper sought confirmation.

Continued: https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/milei-signs-up-argentina-to-trumps-anti-abortion-international-alliance.phtml

Beyond American Exceptionalism: What the Success of the Green Wave Can Teach U.S. Abortion Activists

As abortion rights erode across the United States, feminist organizers are looking to Argentina’s Green Wave and other global movements for lessons in solidarity, strategy and mass mobilization.

5/21/2026
by Clare Daniel and Martha Silva

The United States has long positioned itself as an enlightened exporter of democratic governance, moral correctness and technical expertise. The notion of American exceptionalism—in which the U.S. is thought to possess a distinct character born of its revolutionary history, frontier spirit and democratic structure—dates back to the 1800s and has informed approaches to international development and global governance throughout the 20th century to today.

While the idea of the U.S. as a bastion of moral superiority has always been a myth—evident, for example, in efforts to shield Jim Crow laws from scrutiny in the founding of the United Nations—the overturning of Roe v. Wade is one of the latest reminders of this fallacy, particularly as it pertains to global health and women’s rights. It is also a cautionary tale for the rest of the world about the fragility of reproductive rights.

Continued: https://msmagazine.com/2026/05/21/america-abortion-latin-america-green-wave-activism/

Faith and Body: New Battle Over Abortion in Argentina

Reproductive rights in Argentina face increased obstacles as the administration of Javier Milei emboldens anti-rights groups and politicians.

Ella Fernández
March 10, 2026

On September 25, 2025, as Argentine actress Camila Plaate took the stage after receiving the award for Best Supporting Actress for Belén at the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival, she asked, “Who is Belén? I am Belén.”

Belén, the Argentine film directed by Dolores Fonzi, focuses on the true case of a young woman from Tucumán who was imprisoned in 2014 after suffering a miscarriage in a hospital bathroom. She spent 29 months in prison, accused of aggravated homicide.

Continued: https://nacla.org/faith-and-body-new-battle-over-abortion-in-argentina/

ARGENTINA – Court intervention puts abortion drug supply under scrutiny

Federal court orders Health Ministry to publicise a collective constitutional amparo action seeking to guarantee access to abortion.

Feb 27, 2026
Barbara Komarovsky

A dispute over the supply of abortion medication has escalated into a broader constitutional battle over whether Argentina’s government is upholding the country’s 2020 abortion law.

Federal Civil, Commercial and Contentious-Administrative Court No. 2 of La Plata has instructed the government, through the Health Ministry led by Mario Lugones, to publicise a collective amparo – a legal mechanism in Argentina that allows individuals or groups to seek urgent judicial protection of constitutional rights – seeking to guarantee access to abortion.

Continued: https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/collective-amparo-to-guarantee-access-to-abortions.phtml

27.02.2026

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Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy Law

Oscar-Shortlisted Film ‘Belén’ Exposes the Injustice That Helped Transform Argentina’s Abortion Laws

Based on a true story, Belén revisits a miscarriage turned prosecution, and the movement that refused to let it stand.

Jan 13, 2026
by S. Mona Sinha

Belén didn’t know she was pregnant until she miscarried in a hospital. She’d gone to the emergency room suffering excruciating abdominal pain. Instead of receiving care, she awoke from surgery handcuffed to her hospital bed, accused of having an illegal abortion.

This is the true story behind Belén, a powerful new Argentine film directed by, co-written by and starring Dolores Fonzi. It is based on the ordeal of a young woman from northern Argentina, chronicled in Ana Correa’s nonfiction book What Happened to Belén: The Unjust Imprisonment That Sparked a Women’s Rights Movement, the prologue of which was written by Margaret Atwood. (Belén is a pseudonym to protect her identity.)

Continued: https://msmagazine.com/2026/01/13/oscar-film-belen-argentina-abortion-laws-miscarriage/

13.01.2026

What Happened to Belén: The Unjust Imprisonment That Sparked a Women’s Rights Movement

Dolores Fonzi on Argentine Abortion Rights Film ‘Belén’

Dano Nissen
December 15, 2025

Dolores Fonzi spoke with the Knockturnal about her film “Belén.” The film follows the true story of its titular character, a young Argentine woman who miscarries a pregnancy and is charged with an illegal abortion. Fonzi plays Soledad Deza, the lawyer who represents Belén. She also directed the film.

I want to start with the very first scene. It’s very thrilling and fast-paced and has a very different tone from the rest of the film. So tell me, as a director, because that’s one of the few scenes you’re not in, right? What was it like creating that feeling at the beginning of the film?

Continued: https://theknockturnal.com/dolores-fonzi-on-argentine-abortion-rights-film-belen/amp/

15.12.2025