Harriet Barber

The UN Urged Peru To Relax Its Abortion Stance. Lawmakers Did the Opposite

In Peru, high-profile cases of pregnancy resulting from the rape of minors have foregrounded abortion laws. Yet across Latin America, the pro-choice “Green Wave” movement is meeting with a backlash as ultraconservative groups, emboldened by events in the U.S., demand legal recognition of fetal personhood.