'Currently, Puerto Rico has one of the most liberal abortion laws in the world. On the archipelago, pregnant individuals can terminate a pregnancy without restrictions during any stage in their pregnancy, but this right is attacked more and more each day.'
“I feel like we are at a time when the anti-right movement is more visible, vocal, and violent than before,” Johana Molina Ortiz, an abortion doula with Las Mingas, tells Somos. Multiple days a week, she receives comments and messages on social media that refer to her as a"baby killer" and call on her to be killed."It's difficult. It makes you feel attacked and intimidated. It makes this work hard.
For those outside urban areas, getting support has become even harder: All of Puerto Rico’s abortion clinics are located in the metro area, meaning that people on the west coast, central mountainous area, or on Puerto Rican islands outside the mainland have to travel far distances, sometimes by unreliable ferries, for care.
For activists and providers, legislation widening abortion access is pivotal — both for Puerto Ricans , and the scores of people from neighboring Caribbean and South American countries where abortion is outlawed or limited. In reproductive justice spaces throughout Puerto Rico, abortion rights and access are never discussed as a solely, or even primarily, Puerto Rican issue.
Already, Puerto Rican abortion providers have said they are caring for a growing number of people from Texas and Florida. The difference: The U.S.-imported violent anti-choice movement has created a dearth of abortion clinics that will make it harder and riskier for abortion providers to serve the influx of patients — and even more difficult for Puerto Ricans to access this healthcare.
“I want everyone in the world who needs an abortion to have one safely and respectfully,” says Molina Ortiz, whose 40-member collective Las Mingas provides doula support for people before, during, and after abortions. “And that is why we in Puerto Rico can’t just talk about abortions for us; we have to talk about all of the Caribbean and all the places where people can’t have one.”
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