Paulina Macías Ortega

Paulina Macías Ortega, LL.M., is an international human rights lawyer specializing in gender equality, bioethics, and sexual and reproductive rights. She holds a Master of Laws in National and Global Health Law from Georgetown University. She is a member of the International Advocacy and Litigation Team at the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, where she litigates cases before the Inter-American Human Rights System.

Symposium
Women in International Law Vol. 5

Girls, Forced Pregnancy, and the Right to Non-Motherhood under International Human Rights Law

02.03.2026

Paulina Macías Ortega Samantha Rodríguez Santillán

‘Gravity of Tenderness’ by The Fabler. International human rights bodies and courts have progressively characterized forced pregnancy as a form of gender-based violence that violates adult women’s rights to autonomy,...