ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lucía Berro Pizzarossa

Lucía Berro Pizzarossa is a post-doctoral fellow at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at the University of Georgetown. She holds a Ph.D. in International Law from the University of Groningen, an MJur from the University of Oxford, and an LLB from the Universidad de la República in Uruguay.
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POSTS BY Lucía Berro Pizzarossa

01 February 2023

A Decade of Implementation

Uruguay gained international praise in 2012 when it passed one of the most liberal abortion laws on the continent. While the law undoubtedly represents a step in the right direction, ten years have passed, and the law and its implementation could not live up to the expectations. The Uruguayan abortion law over-medicalizes, paternalizes, and imposes a series of very burdensome requirements on people wishing to access abortion services, in violation of human rights law. Continue reading >>