Salteños references of cinema, culture and popular music will manifest tomorrow in favor of abortion

July 14, 2018 – 15:56
The call of filmmaker Lucrecia Martel will take place tomorrow, from the 15th, in the provincial legislature. Among the members are Melania Perez, Mariana Carrizo, Chacho Echenique, Kike Teruel and Teresa Leonardi de Herrán. The initiative will be replicated in Buenos Aires, in front of the National Congress.

With the aim of raising awareness about the need for a law in favor of the legalization of abortion and to require that the senators of the province vote in favor of the initiative to the Upper House, Salteños outstanding in the field of culture and science, film and popular music have adhered to the letter released yesterday by filmmaker Lucrecia Martel and join the call that will take place tomorrow in the legislature Provincial, from 15

Lucrecia Martel

The collective that claims the cultural diversity of Salta has aired an article of Martel, in which the idea of ​​a Salta badociated with white, colonial and Catholic is questioned. The text urges lawmakers to represent this crowd that promotes the legalization of voluntary termination of pregnancy.

"We have decided, publicly, to affirm the diversity of thought that has always existed in our province and that, unfortunately, some" Our society, badociated with power, is determined to deny, "said Lucrecia Martel, who in a letter said that the appeal was gaining traction over the days.

Among the references that adhere to the call are several deans of the National University of Salta, among them are Alejandro Ruidrejo (Humanities) and Alicia Kirschbaum (Natural), and popular music is represented by coplera Mariana Carrizo, Melanie Perez, Kike Teruel (Los Nocheros) and Chacho Echenique (former member of Dúo Salteño). [19659007] Melania Pérez

They are joined by filmmakers Bárbara Sarasola Day, Soledad Dahbar, Daniela Seggiaro and photographer Florencia Blanco, as well as the famous philosopher and poet "Kuky" Leonardi de Herrán and more than 700 pe eminent personalities from different fields.

Teresa Leonardi of Herrán

The initiative will have its counterpart in the federal capital. The appeal will be at the same time, at the Congress of the Nation. The idea of ​​the joint initiative is that the message of the people of Salta favorable to the legalization of the abortion reaches the National Congress the day it is discussed in the Senate, contrary to what is said. In the end, Martel says: "Many of us felt uncomfortable with the totalizing words of the Vice President (Gabriela Michetti), our (Juan Manuel Urtubey) Our own MPs, and we fear that some senators, August 8, make the same mistake: not to represent the diversity that inhabits this territory we love. "

Statistics

Some data to take into account the reality of Salta:

• Salta is the province with the highest incidence rate of hospital discharges due to abortions in women under 25 years and ranks second in the number of cases, behind Buenos Aires [19659014] According to data revealed by the Safe and Free Legal Abortion Access Network (Redaas), Salta records a number of 17 deaths a year due to abortion. And 3529 hospital discharges due to abortions.
• Of a population of 354,972 women of childbearing age (between the ages of 10 and 45), there was 22.3% of teenage pregnancies. Recorded in 77, 1%, they are involuntary.

Despite the alarming figures, in the House of Deputies of the Nation, the legislators of Salta voted against.