https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/greta-diaz-gonzalez-vazquez/The latest news by Greta Díaz González Vázquez.enMon, 29 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/29/texas-abortion-mexico-volunteer-networks-video/In parts of Mexico where abortion has not been legalized, women rely on volunteer networks to provide medication and emotional support for at-home abortions. As access to abortion is shut down in Texas, similar networks are being built in the U.S.Greta Díaz González VázquezMon, 29 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/29/texas-abortion-mexico-volunteer-networks-video/Sandra Cardona left, and her wife Vanessa Jiménez, pose for a photo at their home near Monterrey in Guadalupe, Mexico on June 27, 2022. They are part of the network “Necesito abortar,” ‘I need to have an abortion’ and they have turned an upstairs room into “La Abortería,” ‘the abortion place’ where people that are seeking to terminate their pregnancy can take the abortion inducing pills in comfort and privacy. Them along with other volunteers provide what they call accompaniment to people that have these kind of abortions by being there for emotional support, to provide information, and or assistance while the person goes through this process.Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/29/acompanantes-mexico-aborto-red-texas/En algunos estados de México, donde el aborto todavía no es legal, redes de acompañantes proveen medicamento y apoyo emocional para que las personas puedan realizar abortos en casa. Debido a que el acceso al aborto en Texas es cada vez más limitado, estas redes están comenzando a formarse en Estados Unidos.Greta Díaz González VázquezMon, 29 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/29/acompanantes-mexico-aborto-red-texas/Vanessa Jiménez, leads a training related to accompaniment for people who decide to have an abortion at her home near Monterrey in Guadalupe, Mexico on June 27, 2022. Vanessa Jiménez, and her wife Sandra Cardona, not pictured, are part of a network called, “Necesito abortar,” ‘I need to have an abortion’ and they have turned an upstairs room into “La Abortería,” ‘the abortion place’ where people that are seeking to terminate their pregnancy can take the abortion inducing pills in comfort and privacy. Them along with other volunteers provide what they call accompaniment to people that have these kind of abortions by being there for emotional support, to provide information, and or assistance while the person goes through this process. Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas TribuneVerónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/04/texas-abortion-mexico-volunteer-networks/Before abortion was legal in parts of Mexico, an extensive “accompaniment” system grew to help women safely terminate pregnancies on their own. Its organizers are now moving abortion-inducing medication across the border and helping replicate the system in the United States.Alexa Ura and Greta Díaz González VázquezThu, 04 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/04/texas-abortion-mexico-volunteer-networks/Sandra Cardona Alanís, co-founder of Necesito Abortar México, conducts a press interview in her home office in Monterrey, Mexico, on June 27, 2022. The organization, which has gained international attention since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, helps people access abortions in the comfort of their home.Sandra Cardona, sits during a meeting at her home near Monterrey in Guadalupe, Mexico on June 27, 2022. Sandra and her wife Vanessa Jiménez, not pictured, are part of a network called, “Necesito abortar,” ‘I need to have an abortion’ and they have turned an upstairs room into “La Abortería,” ‘the abortion place’ where people that are seeking to terminate their pregnancy can take the abortion inducing pills in comfort and privacy. Them along with other volunteers provide what they call accompaniment to people that have these kind of abortions by being there for emotional support, to provide information, and or assistance while the person goes through this process. Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas TribuneVerónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/04/texas-abortion-mexico-clinics/Private clinics offer abortions at a fraction of the cost in the United States. City public health clinics may be more difficult to navigate but offer abortions free of charge, including for noncitizens.Greta Díaz González Vázquez and Alexa UraThu, 04 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/04/texas-abortion-mexico-clinics/Dr. Laura García Martín checks a patient’s intrauterine device at the Inguarán Maternity Hospital in Mexico City. The public hospital provides free abortions and post-abortion checkups, which often include birth control.Dr. María L. García Martínez, checks the intrauterine device, IUD, which is inserted in the uterus to provide birth control, in the patient Lilia del Carmen Ortega, 47, at the Inguarán Maternity Hospital in Mexico City, Mexico on July 1, 2022. Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas TribuneVerónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/04/texas-aborto-mexico-clinicas/Las clínicas privadas en la Ciudad de México ofrecen abortos a una fracción del precio en Estados Unidos. También hay clínicas y hospitales públicos que ofrecen acceso gratuito al aborto, incluso para personas extranjeras.Greta Díaz González Vázquez and Alexa UraThu, 04 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/04/texas-aborto-mexico-clinicas/La doctora Laura García Martín revisa el DIU (dispositivo intrauterino) de una paciente en el Hospital Materno Infantil Inguarán, en la Ciudad de México, el primero de julio de 2022. Este hospital público proporciona abortos gratuitos y citas de seguimiento que regularmente incluyen métodos anticonceptivos.Dr. María L. García Martínez, checks the intrauterine device, IUD, which is inserted in the uterus to provide birth control, in the patient Lilia del Carmen Ortega, 47, at the Inguarán Maternity Hospital in Mexico City, Mexico on July 1, 2022. Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas TribuneVerónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/04/texas-aborto-mexico-acompanamiento/Antes de que el aborto fuera legal en algunos estados de México, los grupos de “acompañamiento” establecieron un sistema de apoyo para que las mujeres interrumpieran sus embarazos en casa. Ahora, estos grupos están ayudando a trasladar al norte de la frontera medicamento para abortar y a replicar este modelo en los Estados Unidos.Alexa Ura and Greta Díaz González VázquezThu, 04 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/04/texas-aborto-mexico-acompanamiento/Sandra Cardona Alanís, co-fundadora de Necesito Abortar México, participa en una entrevista con medios internacionales en la oficina de su casa en Monterrey, México, el 27 de junio de 2022. La organización ayuda a personas a acceder a abortos seguros en sus propias casas y ha sido foco de atención internacional desde que se revocó Roe v. Wade en Estados Unidos.Sandra Cardona, sits during a meeting at her home near Monterrey in Guadalupe, Mexico on June 27, 2022. Sandra and her wife Vanessa Jiménez, not pictured, are part of a network called, “Necesito abortar,” ‘I need to have an abortion’ and they have turned an upstairs room into “La Abortería,” ‘the abortion place’ where people that are seeking to terminate their pregnancy can take the abortion inducing pills in comfort and privacy. Them along with other volunteers provide what they call accompaniment to people that have these kind of abortions by being there for emotional support, to provide information, and or assistance while the person goes through this process. Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas TribuneVerónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune