{"id":4888,"date":"2024-03-25T21:11:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T01:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/news-and-stories\/transnational-abortion-care-in-latin-america\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:07:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:07:51","slug":"transnational-abortion-care-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/transnational-abortion-care-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Miles de kil\u00f3metros recorridos, pero un camino mejor por recorrer: la atenci\u00f3n transnacional del aborto en Am\u00e9rica Latina"},"template":"","class_list":["post-4888","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-stories","article_format-stories-of-change","issue_tax-legal-abortion","issue_legacy-abortion","location-latin-america"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"article_type":21,"article_format":150,"authors":"","add_button":false,"button_type":"link","button":"","download":"","download_button_text":"","featured_image":3339},"sidebar":{"issues":{"title":"Cuestiones prioritarias","issues":[34]},"locations":{"title":"Ubicaci\u00f3n","locations":[161]},"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":"Roseane Santos identifies as many things: a mother, a friend, a worker, a student, a caretaker \u2013 and now, an activist.\u00a0 Roseane\u2019s story mirrors that of countless others across the globe who are unable to access safe and legal abortions, but hers has an important twist \u2013 by connecting with reproductive care organizations and providers, she was able to regain control of her situation and create a life where she is now able to support other Brazilian people who wish to do the same.\n\nRoseane was born in Brazil, in the northern state of Amazonas. She eventually moved south to S\u00e3o Paulo, seeking better job opportunities. In the years following her move, Roseane got married and had a son, now 7 years old. A few years after her son\u2019s birth, Roseane got divorced and shortly thereafter became unemployed. Unfortunately, these two life-altering events also happened to coincide with Roseane finding out she was pregnant again. Assessing the situation, Roseane decided that the best choice for her would be to seek abortion care.\n\nAbortion is criminalized in Brazil except in cases of rape, anencephaly, or risk to the mother's life. Given that Roseane\u2019s circumstances did not qualify for any of the three exceptions, she sought alternatives \u2013 but local options were too uncertain and potentially risky. After a few weeks, Roseane felt like she\u2019d exhausted all the options available to her in Brazil \u2013 she\u2019d taken an herbal tea recommended by a friend, she was scammed by online medication sellers, and when none of them worked, she\u2019d only feel worse pain and more uncertainty. When Roseane returned to the doctor to confirm she was still pregnant, the medical personnel mistreated her for having sought illegal abortion care.\n\nFrustrated and desperate, Roseane took to social media to try and find any last-ditch opportunities for care. Finally, in a relieving breakthrough in her journey to access care, Roseane found Proyecto Vivas<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 un socio de F\u00f2s Feminista que apoya a las mujeres que necesitan acceder al aborto legal en virtud de las excepciones vigentes en Brasil y en el extranjero, proporcion\u00e1ndoles informaci\u00f3n, derivaciones y apoyo financiero y log\u00edstico para el viaje. El Projeto Vivas la puso en contacto con FUSA<\/strong><\/a>, socia de F\u00f2s Feminista en Argentina, donde recibi\u00f3 un aborto seguro y legal.\n\n \n\n\"\"\n\n \n\nGiven her past experiences with scammers online peddling ineffective medications, Roseane was skeptical when she first contacted Projeto Vivas. Fortunately, a supportive team member on the other side of the internet helped her feel reassured and confident \u2013 that person was Rebeca Mendes, another Brazilian woman who had experienced a nearly identical situation a few years prior when she had to travel to Colombia to get a safe and legal abortion after being denied access to care by a Brazilian court.\n\nRoseane was astonished and heartened by how well she was received at FUSA in Buenos Aires, especially compared to the mistreatment she\u2019d experienced at a hospital in Brazil. The attentive staff listened carefully to Roseane\u2019s questions and concerns, and everything happened exactly as Rebeca had told her it would in conversations leading up to the procedure. She left with an IUD, feeling deep relief and a sense of security. In her own words, Roseane described her journey to receive safe abortion care as a life-changing experience in which she learned about empathy, the power of community, and the importance of guaranteeing that women can safely decide what is best for them according to their own principles.\n\nInspired by her experience within the reproductive care network, Roseane became a volunteer at Projeto Vivas and is now an employee at the organization. She spends her time taking care of her son, studying Spanish on the side, and attending college at night to get a law degree.\n
\"When people talk about abortion, they often think about someone being promiscuous or getting rid of a burden. But it is just a matter of responsibility,\u201d Roseane said. \u201cRaising a child is difficult, especially when you can't rely on good public health or when you can't access childcare \u2013 people need to understand that.\"<\/blockquote>\nAs a Black woman, Roseane is increasingly aware that her peers are more vulnerable to unsafe abortions and have more difficulty accessing sexual and reproductive health services in Brazil. That's why Roseane is convinced that intersectionality is essential in the work that she does with Projeto Vivas, and in the work of countless other reproductive justice organizations throughout the care network in Latin America. Without considering racial justice in this and other fights, Black people will remain vulnerable, including her son.\n\nEl debate actual sobre la despenalizaci\u00f3n del aborto hasta las 12 semanas avanza en la Suprema Corte de Justicia de Brasil.<\/a> brings Roseane, and the whole feminist movement, immense hope for the future. Roseane considers herself lucky to have found support from Projeto Vivas \u2013 but there are thousands of women and girls who either don't have internet access or can't travel and are unable to regain control of their decision making. It is the belief and mission of Projeto Vivas and every other F\u00f2s Feminista partner in Brazil that all women, girls and gender-diverse people have the right to access safe and legal abortions \u2013 and Roseane\u2019s story illustrates the importance of freedom to make decisions about one\u2019s own body, because unwanted and forced pregnancies should stop no one's plans.","":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"\nThousands of miles traveled, but a better road ahead: transnational abortion care in Latin America - F\u00f2s Feminista<\/title>\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\/transnational-abortion-care-in-latin-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thousands of miles traveled, but a better road ahead: transnational abortion care in Latin America - 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