Virtual handkerchief during the quarantine for the right to abort in Mexico

On April 24, 2007, Mexico City (known as the Federal District) approved the Free Termination of Pregnancy until the 12th week of gestation. The entity thus became the first State of Mexico to guarantee the right of free, public and free abortion for women in a country where abortion is still punishable by prison, outside of certain circumstances.

13 years later, only the State of Oaxaca has joined the decriminalization of abortion in the country. The rest continue without taking a step forward with legislation that has sometimes been tightened to protect life from conception.

The fight for the right to abortion has become in recent years one of the banners of the feminist movement in Latin America, with a green tide that grows increasingly in countries like Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia or El Salvador . According to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2017, every year 45% of abortions performed in the world are performed in conditions of risk for women, this represents 25 million unsafe abortions. About 23,000 women die worldwide each year from undergoing a clandestine abortion.

On the occasion of the commemoration of 13 years of legal abortion in the capital of Mexico, various feminist groups, activists, writers, politicians and human rights defenders joined in a virtual handkerchief for the right to abortion throughout the country. With the HT # 13AñosILE and # PañuelazoVirtual they uploaded their photos to social networks wearing the green scarf, symbol of the movement.

Here is a little photo with my green scarf and my mom who supports me in everything and who gave me all this rage to fight every day # AbortoParaTodoMéxico #AbortoLegalYa # 13AnosILE # 24A # pañuelazovirtual pic.twitter.com/jPS87Ql8XL

- Sara (@Sarasomnia) April 24, 2020

Today we celebrate 13 years of guaranteeing the Legal Termination of Pregnancy in CDMX.
Thanks to many women who fought for this to be possible and we will continue to fight for decriminalization throughout Mexico. @MxMareaVerde # Pañuelazovirtual # 13ñosILE pic.twitter.com/CKHgtJaXuA

“13 years since its Legalization in the #CDMX and ZERO abortion deaths since then. Enter https://t.co/BITWD4AYRS or call Medicine remotely at 📞 51320909 to check the requirements or find your nearest clinic. Legalize is prevent 💚 ”# pañuelazovirtual pic.twitter.com/uoHHWSv81s

# BuenosYFeministasDías

Today we celebrate # 13AñosILE, 13 years of #Legal Abortion at #CDMX! 💚🎉💜

We are still in the fight, because there are still 30 states missing:
✔️CDMX ✔️Oaxaca

Let's make the right to decide of all Mexican women a reality! # 24A #FuertesYJuntas #FelizVizajeATodos pic.twitter.com/kGlCFDJatN

From home we remember that today is the 13th anniversary of the legal termination of pregnancy in #CDMX and that 30 Local Congresses still have a historical debt with women.

To all women, all rights. 💚 # 13AñosILE #AbortoLibreYSeguro pic.twitter.com/VSxLlDYsmY

13 years of reproductive justice in the #cdmx 13 years of autonomy but also of demanding for ALL women, all rights, every day! #AbortoLegal #AbortoLegalYa #quesealey @MxMareaVerde @FondoMARIAmx @GIRE_mx 💚🙌🏽💪🏽 pic.twitter.com/UXJqpq016i

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