Reproductive Justice in the Inter-American Human Rights System

regional challenges for confronting obstetric violence

Abstract

This article analyzes the protection of women's reproductive rights within the Inter-American Human Rights System (IAHRS). Using a hypothetical-deductive approach and procedural methods of non-exhaustive bibliographic review and documentary research, the study examines the jurisprudence of the IAHRS from the perspective of reproductive justice to understand the forms of recognition and protection of women's reproductive rights and the confrontation of obstetric violence in the cases judged. It highlights the need to overcome the liberal conception of reproductive rights by incorporating a perspective that recognizes the political, social, and economic inequalities faced by women. It concludes that the IACHR plays a fundamental role in protecting these rights, although it faces resistance and structural challenges, such as the persistence of obstetric violence and insufficient access to reproductive health services, especially for racialized women and those in situations of social vulnerability.