“They Are Girls, Not Mothers” Cases: Explainer Video
The Center's Catalina Martínez Coral and Carmen Martínez discuss the recent victory at the UN in the “They Are Girls, Not Mothers” cases.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee issued groundbreaking rulings on January 20, 2025, in the Center for Reproductive Rights’ cases on behalf of three young Latin American girls who were raped and forced to give birth. The rulings set new human rights standards for sexual abuse survivors—a significant victory for the “Son niñas, no madres” (“They are girls, not mothers”) movement, which sheds light on the negative impacts of highly restrictive abortion laws throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Learn more about the case and the movement in this video explainer by Catalina Martínez Coral, the Center’s Vice President for LAC, and Carmen Martínez, Associate Director of Legal Strategies for LAC:
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