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Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore on Abortion in The Conversation

Published on February 7, 2022

Content Warning: the following text discusses abortion, miscarriage. 

Drawing on her research in Latin America, Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore shares her observations and findings in The Conversation’s article entitled “In Latin America, not only abortions but miscarriages can lead to jail time.â€� The article highlights the inaccessibility and criminalization of services to terminate pregnancies.  Dr. Rivers-Moore explains the alarming consequences and severity of the anti-abortion laws throughout the region and how women resort to self-induced abortions.