La Revuelta supports self-managed abortion in Argentina through accompaniment and advocacy, ensuring access despite growing restrictions.
For the past six years, Paz* has been an abortion companion with La Revuelta, a Fòs Feminista partner in Argentina. A medical student, she is dedicated to making sure people know that early self-managed abortion with medications mifepristone and misoprostol is safe, effective, and recommended by the World Health Organization. She also knows that accompaniment is so much more than providing accurate information.
“It is about showing each person that seeks an abortion that we are there together, listening to them and supporting them in whatever they decide” – Paz, abortion companion, La Revuelta
This kind of sensitive and stigma-free approach to care is something Paz has experienced herself. Last year, she was supported by her fellow La Revuelta companions when she decided to have a self-managed abortion. She recalls that, when she shared that she was pregnant with Ruth Zubriggen, La Revuelta’s co-founder, “she didn’t assume anything. She simply asked how I felt about the pregnancy and what my decision was.”
Each year, La Revuelta accompanies more than 1,000 women seeking an abortion. They provide information about self-managed abortion and accompany women who choose to have an abortion using pills through text and phone-based channels, as well as in person. Where needed, La Revuelta also coordinates care with health services.
Abortion up to 14 weeks was legalized in Argentina in 2020, following decades of feminist organizing that mobilized a Green Wave for abortion rights in Argentina and across Latin America and the Caribbean. But abortion rights and access are currently under attack by the Administration of Argentina’s current president. While an attempt to roll back abortion rights through the legislature was defeated in early 2024, the gutting of the country’s healthcare budget has caused a severe shortage of contraceptives and abortion medications.
Fòs Feminista is supporting feminist accompaniment networks like La Revuelta, clinical service providers, and activists across Argentina to protect rights and access to abortion.
Learn more about our advocacy efforts in Latin America.
*Paz’s last name was omitted to protect her privacy.
