Amnesty International warns that Argentina is becoming a “testing ground” for eroding abortion rights under President Javier Milei. Since the President’s inauguration in December of 2023, Argentina has stopped supplying abortion pills and cut funding for contraceptives. Whereas the year prior to Milei’s presidency, the state supplied 166,000 doses of misoprostol and joint mifepristone-misoprostol therapy, in 2024 it delivered none. The state has transferred the responsibility of delivering abortion medication to the country’s provinces, which have greater resource constraints, less negotiating power in the purchasing process, and are experiencing consistent shortages. The move is especially devastating for those with fewer resources living in areas where anti-abortion sentiment reigns. Amnesty’s call for alarm comes as Milei’s administration makes other anti-gender moves, including closing programs combating gender violence and shutting down the Ministry of Women, Genders, and Diversity.
Compiled from: Harriet Barber, “Argentina used as a ‘testing ground’ for eroding abortion rights, warns Amnesty,” The Guardian, May 28, 2025.