from breakfastmtn@piefed.ca to world@lemmy.world on 10 Mar 13:29
https://piefed.ca/c/world/p/579376/fears-for-womens-rights-in-chile-as-anti-abortion-president-set-to-take-office
José Antonio Kast, who voted against legalising divorce in 2004, has pushed for return to total abortion ban
Women’s rights activists in Chile are bracing as the most conservative president since the Pinochet dictatorship prepares to take office on Wednesday.
José Antonio Kast, a 60-year-old ultra Catholic whose father was a member of the Nazi party, has consistently blocked progressive bids for women’s rights and equality across his three-decade career in politics.
As a congressman, Kast voted against divorce when Chile became one of the last countries of the world to legalise it in 2004 and vehemently opposed the legalisation of abortion under limited exceptions when it was passed in 2017. He has since pushed to revert to a total ban on abortion and require parental consent for the morning-after pill.
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Such regressive views stand in contrast to feminist and gay rights movements across Latin America since the 2010s, including the “green wave” that successfully pushed for free abortion rights in Argentina, Colombia and some Mexican states.
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