This article discusses alternative legal possibilities for women’s access to authorized abortions in Latin America, and highlights the importance of women’s rights advocates in raising awareness and driving legal change. The author first examines how international and regional jurisprudence have provided a preliminary platform for recognizing a legal abortion right. The analysis focuses on two landmark decisions against the Peruvian State, in which the CEDAW Committee successfully argued for guaranteed access to therapeutic abortion. This jurisprudence has influenced a more progressive national legislation on termination policies, such that most Latin American countries have authorized abortion in the following circumstances: the woman’s life or health is in danger, the pregnancy is a result of sexual assault or the fetus is incompatible with life. The author argues that further collaboration between the medical and legal community is required to unpack complicated laws and increase access to new legal vehicles for lawful abortion in Latin America.