“Las 17”. Legal and political strategies to legalize abortion in El Salvador

Authors

  • Maria Angelica Peñas Defago Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2019.0.20370

Keywords:

abortion, El Salvador, pardons, women and feminists coalitions, judicial branch

Abstract

Since 1997, abortion has an absolute ban in El Salvador. There have been multiple actions lead by feminist movements in order to reverse this penal system. This paper focus on the analysis of “Las 17” Campaign, as one of the main collective strategies developed by women's organizations in El Salvador, in order to influence politically, legally and socially in the abortion debate.

Author Biography

Maria Angelica Peñas Defago, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

CONICET/CIJS
Profesora asistente de Sociología Jurídica de la Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

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Published

2018-05-29

How to Cite

Peñas Defago, M. A. (2018). “Las 17”. Legal and political strategies to legalize abortion in El Salvador. Revista De Bioética Y Derecho, (43), 91–107. https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2019.0.20370

Issue

2018: Núm. 43 - jul - Dossier on political and judicial strategies in the debate for the legalization of abortion in Latin America, coordinated by J. Arosteguy and S. Deza

Section

Monographic Dossier

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