The symbol crossed borders from 2018 and was used in other Latin American countries that fought for the right to abortion. Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights distributing the green scarf outside Sproul Plaza in Berkeley, California The green scarf bears the legend " Sex education to decide, contraceptives to avoid abortion, legal abortion to avoid death". Then it changed to be known as "legal abortion green".
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Until 2018, in textile stores in Buenos Aires, it was known as "green Benetton". The green tone used is located between 347 C and 3415 C by Pantone. According to one of the participants of the XVIII National Meeting of Women, there was also a pragmatic reason: they wanted to distribute scarves but they did not find enough purple fabric, the color of feminism, however there was enough green available. The color green was chosen because it represents hope and because it was not associated with any social or political movement in Argentina. The green scarf is also a reference to the white scarves worn by the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.
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It was used for years by the activists who marched, in spite of the indifference of the population and the media.
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Two years later, in 2005, the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe and Free Abortion was born, and the green scarf was adopted to represent the movement. For the first time, the right to abortion was one of the main demands and green scarves were used during the closing march. The green scarf, as a symbol, was born in 2003 during the XVIII National Meeting of Women in Rosario, Argentina.