Fòs Feminista 169d ago

Belén went to a public hospital with severe abdominal pain. She suffered a miscarriage from a pregnancy she didn’t know she had. Instead of being treated as a patient, her confidentiality was violated. She was reported and prosecuted under a charge described as “double-aggravated homicide”. This happened in Tucumán, Argentina, in 2014. A newly released film, Belén, directed by and starring Dolores Fonzi and based on Ana Correa’s nonfiction book Somos Belén, brings this case to the screen, along with the social struggle around it. The case became a rallying point in the years leading up to Argentina’s legalization of abortion in 2020. This matters far beyond Argentina. Where sexual and reproductive rights are not protected, patients can be turned into criminals. At Fòs, we are an alliance grounded in solidarity and bodily autonomy. Across communities and countries, we work to ensure that people are trusted to make decisions about their own bodies—and that care is never turned into punishment. #ReproductiveJustice #SRHR #AbortionRights #HumanRights #GenderEquality