A-Infos (en) France, Union Communiste Libertaire UCL - It is the struggle of the oppressed that made the law possible ! (ca, de, it, fr, pt)[machine translation]

Abortion has finally been legalized in Argentina, after years of fierce struggles 
that have made the Argentine feminist movement one of the engines of the struggle 
against patriarchy at the global level. ---- We reproduce here the press release 
of our comrades from Rosario (Federacion Anarquista de Rosario - FAR), Cordoba 
(Organizacion Anarquista de Cordoba - OAC) and Tucuman (Organizacion Anarquista 
de Tucuman - OAT) which has also been published, among others, on the 
Anarkismo.net ---- The green tide which has not stopped growing for years in 
Argentina and Latin America was able to celebrate yesterday the approval of the 
law on the voluntary termination of pregnancy. This is an essential demand for 
all women and those likely to give birth in our class, because it is the poorest 
among us who abort in the worst conditions of clandestinity, and thus risk 
serious health problems. , prison and death. This historic struggle gave the 
green light to the force of women from below across the continent to advance the 
right to live, a fundamental right if there is one, and not just the right to 
survive as imposed by the machinery of capitalism and its destructive voracity.

At dawn on December 30, the Argentine Senate finally had to give its final 
approval to the law on voluntary termination of pregnancy after years of social 
pressure from the feminist movement, political parties, unions, organizations. 
social and student. As well as by the social group of women and people likely to 
give birth, in street demonstrations, in the now historic National Meetings of 
Women, renamed since Plurinational Meetings of Women, Lesbians, Trans, 
Transvestites and Non-Binary, as in all workplaces, places of study, 
neighborhoods, through constant investment in debate and the fight for the 
autonomy of our bodies and for our right to decide.

Since the end of the XIX th century in this region, our anarchist comrades 
gathered and organized the foundation of society, with their sisters of the 
working class, to build a history of resistance against patriarchy and 
capitalism. By Virginia Bolten with La Voz de la Mujer, María Collazo, Juana 
Rouco Buela, Luisa Lallana, Julia García among many other comrades; to those who 
faced brutal repression in the 60s and 70s: Elsa Martínez, María Esther Tello, 
Hilda Forti, Pirucha Ramos among others. All are part of the great history of 
feminist struggles in this country which today manages to wrest the legalization 
of abortion from the political class thanks to the immense organization and the 
mobilization that the Campaign for legal, safe abortion and free, created in 
2003, encouraged.

There is no doubt that the government of Alberto Fernandez, and much of Peronism, 
will attempt to gain political profit from this fact, as can already be seen in 
speeches that present this law as a gift of the "will. policy "of officials who 
administer the patriarchal state. Even more cynical is the progressives' attempt 
to constantly come to terms with the more reactionary, conservative and sexist 
sectors such as the Catholic and Evangelical churches, by having negotiated a 
project that includes a conscience clause and the attempt to negotiate grounds 
for legal abortion. While it is a great joy to know that the health care system 
will now be required to consider the decision of pregnant women when they 
terminate or continue a pregnancy,

There is still a long way to go to ensure that legal, safe and free abortion is 
truly implemented on every street corner. It remains to fight against the 
conscience clause, the legal traps that may arise and the obstacles that these 
reactionary anti-choice sectors will want to put in place. And of course, there 
is a long way to go to end all forms of patriarchal violence.

We therefore understand this necessary step as part of a process of struggle 
which is not exhausted and will not be exhausted in the near future. Seeing the 
results of our constant organization, for decades, reaffirms the path of 
collective, sustained, united and class action. We know that nothing truly 
transformative will come from the State and its structures, but this necessary 
step forward allows us to see the realization of new demands on the horizon.

As politically organized anarchists, we understand that the only possible path in 
this period is to organize and fight for increasingly important demands for the 
oppressed until this capitalist and patriarchal system can be changed at the root.

Thus, the legalization of abortion is a victory that is the fruit of historic 
mobilizations, assemblies in neighborhoods, organized teachers who implement 
comprehensive sexuality education in schools, thus transforming classrooms into 
places of learning. information, empowerment and discovery ; of the union and 
student organization, of the thirty or so Meetings which are today multinational 
of women, lesbians, trans, transvestites and non-binary people.

It is a conquest for women and gender minorities of the working classes thanks to 
popular struggle and committed and constant activism allowing them to resist the 
harshest blows of governments and capital. We deserve to celebrate all this 
immense fight against going underground, to strengthen and consolidate ourselves 
for the battles to come. We claim this path of building the power of the people, 
with the strength of our ancestors and our history of struggle. With the power we 
have from below, the marginalized, the exploited, the oppressed, to build our own 
destiny and end patriarchal, colonial and capitalist oppression. For socialism 
and freedom.

IT'S THE STRUGGLE OF THE OPPRESSED THAT PERMITTED THE LAW !
LET'S CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE OURSELVES IN THE STREET TO FIGHT AGAINST PATRIARCHAL 
AND CAPITALIST OPPRESSION !
STRENGTHEN THOSE WHO FIGHT !
¡ARRIBA LAS QUE LUCHAN !

? Organización Anarquista de Córdoba
? Federación Anarquista de Rosario
? Organización Anarquista de Tucumán

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?C-est-la-lutte-des-opprimees-qui-a-permis-la-loi
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