Mercedes de Mendieta (born c. 1989) is an activist in

Socialist Left (Argentina) Socialist Left ( es, Izquierda Socialista; IS), officially registered as the Left for a Socialist Option (''Izquierda por una Opción Socialista''), is a Trotskyist political party in Argentina. It was founded in 2006 as a split from the Sociali ...

. She became a member of the legislature of the

Autonomous City of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South Am ...

in June 2021. She has been involved in the campaign for legal, free and safe

abortion Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion"; these occur in approximately 30% to 40% of pre ...

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video
about her taking her seat (Spanish)
interview
on Frecuencia Zero (Spanish) Socialist Left (Argentina) politicians Living people 1980s births Argentine abortion-rights activists Argentine feminists Year of birth missing (living people) Politicians from Buenos Aires {{Argentina-politician-stub