Feminists in Latin America have long understood their struggle for abortion rights to know no borders. So when the United States Supreme Court decision that upended the right to an abortion in the country became official last week, the blow was personal across North and South America.
“We can’t confide in the state – we only have each other,” said Crystal P Lira, a member of the Tijuana, Mexico-based feminist group Bloodys Collective. “And there are many of us.”
