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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Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales

Civil association La Ciega

Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy Law

The struggle to secure access to abortion in Argentina goes on

The Argentinian government must continue to dismantle barriers women face in accessing safe abortion.

Mariela Belski, Executive director of Amnesty International Argentina
9 Aug 2021

In recent months, Argentinians have had access to legal abortion for the first time. In December, Argentina became the fourth in Latin America to legalise abortion after the National Congress passed the Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy Law.

Securing this right for women and pregnant persons was a milestone achievement and the culmination of decades of struggle, setbacks and progress. Now, new challenges emerge: the effective implementation of the law across a vast and unequal territory and the legal battles filed by conservative groups in the nation’s courts.

Continued: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/8/9/the-struggle-to-secure-access-to-abortion-in-argentina-goes-on