Self-determination

Paola’s parents found out their daughter was having consensual sex. To punish her for it, they forced her to go to a health center and say she had been rape

Jaime doesn’t want it to be known that he was sexually abused by her uncle when he was younger. However, his psychologist, the only person with whom he has shared this story, is determined to file a criminal complaint, as she is legally required by the state.

After surviving a sexual assault, Gabriela was sterilized by ruling of a judge, without being asked. This surgery does not prevent any further sexual abuse in the future.

Cristina has an intellectual disability and got pregnant as a result of an incestuous rape. She didn’t want to keep her pregnancy, but she didn’t have access to legal abortion. Not wanting or being able to care for her baby, her lawyers raised the case to the court to place the baby for adoption. The judge ruled that the baby must stay with her.