When in power, Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori embarked on a campaign to eradicate poverty.
This noble intention was materialized by a birth control program between 1996 and 2000. On the ground, this program resulted in massive forced sterilizations of ethnic minorities.
It is estimated today that 250,000 to 300,000 women and more than 22,000 men have been victims.
The operations were carried out in deplorable sanitary conditions, leading to complications or constant pain for some victims.
The Association of Peruvian Women Victims of Forced Sterilization (AMPAEF) accompanies several thousand of them to obtain compensation.
In Texas, five women took legal action to obtain clarification on the law on abortion.
In this conservative state in the southern United States, abortion is only authorized in certain cases.
But the wording of the text is sufficiently vague to worry the medical profession, which risks heavy penalties.
The pregnancies of these women were accompanied by serious complications threatening their life or that of their unborn child.
Some even came close to death.
In France, President Emmanuel Macron spoke out in favor of the constitutionalization of abortion and announced a bill in the coming months, during the tribute ceremony to Gisèle Halimi, on March 8, 2023. This lawyer Franco-Tunisian, pioneer of women's rights, is one of those who allowed the legalization of abortion in France.
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