Hijacking Human Rights in Latin America
May 4, 2011
In 2009, a Buenos Aires civic association awarded a prize named after American civil rights activist Rosa Parks to Argentinian Senator Liliana Negre de Alonso. The prize was given “por la DefensorÃa de la Vida Humana,†but the recipient’s resumé hardly resembles that of a typical human rights advocate. Negre de Alonso has a history of opposing laws and policies that favor sexual and reproductive choice. In 2006, for instance, she fought against a bill that sought to provide all Argentinians access to free vasectomies or tubal ligations. Among other things, she argued that it would promote HIV transmission by lessening the need for condoms. She has long opposed abortion, and last year, she waged a highly emotional campaign against Argentina’s landmark same-sex marriage law.  (Center for Genetic Ethics and Society)
