{"id":4798,"date":"2022-06-15T21:01:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T01:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/news-and-stories\/abortion-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:07:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:07:54","slug":"abortion-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/abortion-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Un gran paso para el aborto legal en Kenia"},"template":"","class_list":["post-4798","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-news","article_format-news","issue_tax-legal-abortion","issue_legacy-abortion","location-kenya"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"article_type":26,"article_format":171,"authors":"","add_button":false,"button_type":"link","button":"","download":"","download_button_text":"","featured_image":3630},"sidebar":{"issues":{"title":"Cuestiones prioritarias","issues":[34]},"locations":{"title":"Ubicaci\u00f3n","locations":[152]},"partners":{"title":"Socios","partners":""}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_hero_article","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_hero_article":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"La atenci\u00f3n mundial se ha centrado en las victorias hist\u00f3ricas que han logrado los defensores de la atenci\u00f3n al aborto. <\/span>en Am\u00e9rica Latina<\/span><\/a> en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, pero no es la \u00fanica regi\u00f3n que ha experimentado avances. Recientemente, en Kenia, una sentencia judicial demostr\u00f3 que los litigios estrat\u00e9gicos tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1n contribuyendo al progreso de la justicia reproductiva en \u00c1frica.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n\nEn marzo de 2022, un tribunal superior de Malindi declar\u00f3 ilegales las detenciones y los enjuiciamientos relacionados con el aborto, concluyendo que la atenci\u00f3n al aborto era un derecho fundamental recogido en la Constituci\u00f3n. El tribunal a\u00f1adi\u00f3 que proteger el acceso al aborto afecta a valores constitucionales fundamentales, como la dignidad, la autonom\u00eda, la igualdad y la integridad f\u00edsica.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n\nEl aborto en Kenia es legal en determinadas excepciones, como cuando existe peligro para la vida o la salud de la mujer, y en casos de violaci\u00f3n. Las organizaciones de la sociedad civil llevan mucho tiempo abogando por ampliar los derechos de las mujeres al aborto seguro y legal, y la reciente sentencia abre una nueva oportunidad.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n\nEsta hist\u00f3rica victoria resolvi\u00f3 un caso relacionado tanto con el derecho de una menor a recibir atenci\u00f3n reproductiva como con el derecho de un profesional m\u00e9dico a tratarla. Una adolescente embarazada acudi\u00f3 a una cl\u00ednica en busca de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica, donde un m\u00e9dico determin\u00f3 que hab\u00eda perdido el embarazo y le proporcion\u00f3 la atenci\u00f3n postaborto esencial para salvarle la vida. Ambos fueron acusados de \u201cprocurar un aborto\u201d.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n\n\u201cLas leyes y las pol\u00edticas deben dejar de criminalizar a las mujeres, las ni\u00f1as y los proveedores de servicios de salud, porque eso no detendr\u00e1 los abortos. El gobierno y la sociedad deben garantizar que las leyes y las pol\u00edticas permitan la existencia de servicios de salud sexual y reproductiva accesibles para todos, en lugar de criminalizar a las personas por hacer lo que necesitan hacer\u201d, afirma Monica Oguttu, directora ejecutiva de <\/span>KMET<\/a>, una organizaci\u00f3n asociada a F\u00f2s Feminista.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n\nKMET is based in Kisumu, the country's third largest city in western Kenya, and works to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights among marginalized populations. During the COVID pandemic, KMET implemented <\/span>a modelo basado en la comunidad<\/strong><\/span> para garantizar que las mujeres y las ni\u00f1as tuvieran acceso a la salud y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos, incluido el aborto seguro. La organizaci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n puso en marcha un proyecto para eliminar el estigma en torno al aborto, que representa una barrera para las mujeres y las ni\u00f1as que desean interrumpir su embarazo.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n\n\u201cDebemos asegurarnos de que todos los proveedores de servicios de salud reproductiva del pa\u00eds conozcan la reciente sentencia y est\u00e9n capacitados para aplicar la Pol\u00edtica Integral de Salud Reproductiva que se est\u00e1 revisando actualmente. Impulsaremos el desarrollo de una buena pol\u00edtica y, posteriormente, su aplicaci\u00f3n\u201d, afirma Jedidah Maina, directora ejecutiva de la organizaci\u00f3n asociada a F\u00f2s Feminista., <\/span>TICAH<\/a>.\n\nTICAH ha liderado diferentes <\/span>estrategias para fortalecer la comunidad<\/strong> en las zonas de bajos ingresos del pa\u00eds para promover los derechos sexuales y reproductivos y mejorar la salud y el bienestar de las mujeres y las ni\u00f1as. KMET, TICAH y otras organizaciones de la sociedad civil est\u00e1n uniendo fuerzas para garantizar que Kenia y otros pa\u00edses de \u00c1frica Oriental tengan un futuro m\u00e1s feminista.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n\nSi bien los activistas por el derecho al aborto han sufrido reveses en Estados Unidos, otros pa\u00edses est\u00e1n demostrando que las activistas feministas est\u00e1n impulsando el cambio para promover la autonom\u00eda corporal. El movimiento por el aborto seguro y legal ha llegado a todos los rincones del mundo. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>","":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"\nA giant step for legal abortion in Kenya - F\u00f2s Feminista<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Civil society organizations in Kenya have long advocated to expand safe and legal abortion and the recent ruling opens a new opportunity.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/abortion-in-kenya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A giant step for legal abortion in Kenya - F\u00f2s Feminista\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Civil society organizations in Kenya have long advocated to expand safe and legal abortion and the recent ruling opens a new opportunity.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/abortion-in-kenya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"F\u00f2s Feminista\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-19T22:07:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/KMET-Kenya-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/abortion-in-kenya\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/abortion-in-kenya\\\/\",\"name\":\"A giant step for legal abortion in Kenya - 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