Posted on Jul 4, 2022
'We're here': Mexican groups slam U.S. abortion restrictions as they help more American women
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At first glance, it only looks like a roof terrace in a house in Monterrey in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, two hours from the border with the U.S.
It's a small space, with a kitchen and bathroom, called La Abortería, or the abortion place, and it's become a haven for dozens of women and pregnant people — both from Mexico and the United States — who have decided to interrupt their pregnancy with the use of medication.
“You have to talk about abortion as a responsible decision,” said Vanessa Jiménez Rubalcava, one of the space’s founders, in an interview with Noticias Telemundo. “Abortion is a loving and safe decision. It's also a simple medical procedure.”
The abortion center has 17 people who advise and accompany the medically induced abortion processes of some 500 women every month, and it's part of the network Necesito Abortar Mexico, or I Need to Abort Mexico, a project created six years ago to support people who need guidance on abortion.
It's a small space, with a kitchen and bathroom, called La Abortería, or the abortion place, and it's become a haven for dozens of women and pregnant people — both from Mexico and the United States — who have decided to interrupt their pregnancy with the use of medication.
“You have to talk about abortion as a responsible decision,” said Vanessa Jiménez Rubalcava, one of the space’s founders, in an interview with Noticias Telemundo. “Abortion is a loving and safe decision. It's also a simple medical procedure.”
The abortion center has 17 people who advise and accompany the medically induced abortion processes of some 500 women every month, and it's part of the network Necesito Abortar Mexico, or I Need to Abort Mexico, a project created six years ago to support people who need guidance on abortion.
'We're here': Mexican groups slam U.S. abortion restrictions as they help more American women
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Activists like Sandra Cardona are used to hearing criticism from the most conservative sectors of Mexican society. In fact, in many cases they were part of that trend before devoting themselves entirely to the defense of women’s rights.
"I was also one of those closed people because, when I was a teenager, I gathered signatures to criminalize women for having abortions," she said. "First of all, I understand them, but what I tell them is that this decision belongs to each woman, each person with ability to gestate. We do not have to decide on the bodies of other women."
..."Activists like Sandra Cardona are used to hearing criticism from the most conservative sectors of Mexican society. In fact, in many cases they were part of that trend before devoting themselves entirely to the defense of women’s rights.
"I was also one of those closed people because, when I was a teenager, I gathered signatures to criminalize women for having abortions," she said. "First of all, I understand them, but what I tell them is that this decision belongs to each woman, each person with ability to gestate. We do not have to decide on the bodies of other women."
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