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Global Action Day for Legal Abortion: the struggles that remain open in Latin America
Between six months and two years in prison are the penalties faced by Ecuadorian women who abort. On 27 September, about 200 people went to the streets of Quito to demand a change in legislation, which allows abortion only when the life or health of the woman is at risk and, since 2021, when pregnancy is a result of rape. In Lima, there were also mobilizations to demand the legalization of abortion in Peru. In Latin America, the picture of the legalization of abortion is uneven: while in Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia