Despite strict laws, activists point to a number of legal wins in recent years.
That pattern has played out across the continent, highlighting a trend that activists in the U.S. have long observed -- criminalizing abortion does not lower the number of abortions, it merely makes them more unsafe for women.
While that does not mean abortions do not happen there, criminalization has led to women turning to underground means to get abortions and has disproportionately impacted the poorest in society, activists say. "I had no other choice than turning activist," Mariana Moisa, a campaigner in El Salvador, told ABC News. "And now that the U.S. has reversed Roe v. Wade, most conservative groups in Salvador and other countries who always denied women's rights do see it as a validation of continuing women's rights violations."
"There is a system of guilt for pregnant women. Women are constantly afraid," she said. "Most women do not have the economic means to find a doctor to get a safe abortion. But for rich women this is not an issue."
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