3 Nov 2025
MDM,
My body belongs to me! My body, my choice—amplifying the power of feminist and women-led civil society organizations.
We are pleased to announce the launch of a bold new initiative—Movements for Reproductive Autonomy, Equality and Solidarity (MAREAS). A multi-country initiative across Africa and Latin America to amplify the power of feminist and women-led civil society organizations (CSOs).
By JAVIER CÓRDOBA
October 15, 2025
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves further restricted access to abortion Wednesday, limiting it to situations when the mother’s life is in danger.
The country’s previous regulations also allowed abortions if a pregnancy posed a threat to the mother’s health. No legislative approval was required for the change.
Continued: https://apnews.com/article/costa-rica-chaves-abortion-2b9efaccd086a9ca3086b728d0907a80
At least eight cases in the last seven months have highlighted a structural problem, one that has been magnified by mass media and social media, without a proper analysis of its underlying causes
Mónica Juárez, Andrés Rodríguez
OCT 03, 2025
The scene was recorded by a security camera and broadcast throughout Mexico. In the Industrial neighborhood — in the Gustavo A. Madero borough of Mexico City — a car parked on the sidewalk. A woman got out of the vehicle, pulled down her pants, and squatted down. Within minutes, she gave birth to a baby girl, whom she left on the street. She then got back in the vehicle and was driven away.
A cyclist who was passing by — upon hearing the newborn’s cries — alerted the Ministry of Citizen Security. Officers rushed to the scene and took the newborn into protective care.
October 02, 2025
Video: 59 minutes
A new investigation by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa looks at reproductive rights in El Salvador, which has one of the world’s most restrictive anti-abortion laws and has imprisoned women who suffered obstetric emergencies like miscarriages or stillbirths.
While exact numbers are difficult to ascertain, one woman who spent time in prison in El Salvador for a miscarriage estimated “that 90% of the women who are in prison in El Salvador are in prison for this,” says Hinojosa.
Hinojosa also cautions that a version of El Salvador’s law could make its way to the United States as states pass more abortion bans following the end of Roe v. Wade.
Continued: https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/2/maria_hinojosa
September 28, 2025
HAVANA TIMES
The idea that women were born to be mothers is still generally accepted in Latin American and Caribbean countries. This concept underpins the laws dictating partial or total bans on abortion, thus violating a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy and pursue her life goals.
That’s how Cristina Rosero, a lawyer with the Center for Reproductive Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean, summed up the current state of abortion rights for IPS. The organization is part of Causa Justa, a broad movement created in Colombia in 2017 to promote women’s reproductive autonomy.
Continued: https://havanatimes.org/chile/the-struggle-to-decriminalize-abortion-in-latin-america/
September 28 is International Safe Abortion Day, a chance to shine a light on the crucial role that accessible, quality abortion care plays in global health. These five wins for abortion rights are proof that a better future is not only possible—it’s already in the making.
Center for Reproductive Rights
09.26.2025
Abortion is one of the world’s most common health care services. It’s considered an essential service by the World Health Organization—and when carried out properly, it’s also a safe and simple one.
Almost 30% of all pregnancies end in abortions, and they happen all around the world: in places where they’re legal, restricted, and altogether banned. In fact, the legal status of abortion makes little difference in overall abortion rates.
Continued: https://reproductiverights.org/five-wins-international-safe-abortion-day-2025/
By Monica Morales-Garcia and Maria Hinojosa
Sep 26, 2025
On a hot San Salvador day, Teodora Vázquez called 911 for an ambulance. She was nine months pregnant, alone at work, and in labor. After multiple phone calls for help, no one arrived. With no medical care, she gave birth, fell unconscious, and began hemorrhaging in a bathroom stall. Shortly after, the police came. To her surprise, they weren’t there to help her, but placed her under arrest for what they decided was the abortion and murder of her newborn. Teodora would then be convicted of homicide and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Since 1997, El Salvador has had a no-exceptions ban on abortion. This means that there are no exceptions for women seeking an abortion after rape, incest, or when their life is in danger. Termination of pregnancy is never allowed; instead, it’s criminalized. Medical professionals can be incarcerated for up to 12 years for assisting or performing an abortion, and pregnant women have been sentenced to up to 50 years in prison for what the government has defined as an abortion and homicide.
Continued: https://www.latinousa.org/2025/09/26/pregnancymurdercharge/
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
NASSAU (CMC): A High Court has dismissed the charges of abortion against Dr Jamil Minnis, the son of former prime minister Dr Hubert Minnis, in a case in which a 15-year-old girl ended a pregnancy.
The court also dismissed the charges against the mother and sister of the teenager on the first day trial with the prosecution now focus on rape charges against 24-year-old Alonzo Pinder, who is accused of impregnating the teenager.
Artists and activists are telling the stories of women who've died from high-risk pregnancies in a push to add exceptions to the ban.
Aug. 30, 2025
By Carmen Sesin
With a birthday cake in hand, well-known Dominican Republic comedian Carlos Sánchez recounted in an Instagram post how 25-year-old Winifer Núñez Beato died in 2021 after doctors on the island refused to end her high-risk pregnancy because of the country’s total abortion ban.
Núñez Beato left behind a husband and a young daughter. In the video, Sánchez said the cake is not for his birthday, but rather to mark another year where he’s asking for women not to die because of a law that stops doctors from saving their lives.
Sánchez told NBC News he felt compelled to use his platform to raise awareness because “it’s a barbarity that in this day and age a mother has to put her life at risk over a risky pregnancy that could be ended but the law prohibits doctors to do so.”
12 August 2025
Amnesty International
On 3 August, President Abinader approved a new Penal Code for the Dominican Republic after years of attempts to reform existing criminal law, which dates back to the 19th century. However, the legislative and executive branches ignored many of the demands of civil society and public figures who were demanding a better Code. In response to this, Astrid Valencia, Americas research director at Amnesty International, said:
“President Abinader is consolidating a legacy of institutional violence and gender injustice. Dominican society deserves a Code that will guarantee human rights, not one that perpetuates a draconian total ban on abortion, putting the lives, health and dignity of women and girls at risk.”
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