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Por Betiana Fernández Martino y Manuela Castro, CNN en Español

Ana llegó al hospital en ayunas y con la decisión tomada. Días antes, la prueba de embarazo había resultado positiva, pero desde el nacimiento de su tercer hijo, ella y su marido habían dado por terminados los planes de agrandar la familia. Después de asesorarse, una médica le indicó los pasos a seguir para acceder a un aborto. La práctica sería en el Hospital Materno Infantil de San Isidro, en la provincia de Buenos Aires, donde llegó esa mañana de septiembre lista para la intervención.

Desde 2020, la interrupción voluntaria del embarazo es legal en Argentina y los centros de salud de todo el país deben garantizarla a quienes la requieran en un plazo máximo de diez días, hasta la semana 14 de gestación. Sin embargo, desde la llegada de Javier Milei al poder, hay profesionales de la salud y organismos de derechos humanos que denuncian faltantes de insumos y dificultad en el acceso a la intervención. Según datos de Amnistía Internacional Argentina, en 2025 las denuncias por impedimentos y falta de información se triplicaron.

En el Hospital Materno Infantil de San Isidro, uno de los municipios más ricos del país, además, pacientes, médicos y profesionales de la salud alegan la existencia de un consultorio atendido por mujeres que no forman parte del personal de salud del hospital y buscan persuadir, obstaculizar y dilatar la atención.

Apenas supo que estaba embarazada, Ana -cuyo nombre fue modificado para preservar su intimidad- buscó información en Internet para saber cómo acceder a lo establecido en la ley 27.610. En Buenos Aires existe una línea gratuita que deriva los pedidos según domicilio. Según relata, le dieron turno un día después para una consulta con una profesional médica en un centro de atención primaria. Allí le indicaron cuál sería el procedimiento: aspiración Manual Endouterina (AMEU), una intervención ambulatoria que se utiliza para vaciar el útero de forma segura. Dos días después, fue citada al Hospital Materno Infantil.

“La doctora me recibe y me dice que antes del quirófano tengo que pasar por un consultorio de consejería”, cuenta a CNN Ana. Según su relato, allí la recibieron dos mujeres que no se identificaron como personal de salud. CNN no pudo constatar de manera independiente quién la recibió ni las mujeres a las que hace referencia.

“Cuando les digo que ya estaba en ayunas porque fui para practicarme una AMEU, me dicen que no, que eso no iba a suceder ese mismo día”, recuerda Ana.

En la conversación dice que le preguntaron datos muy personales y que a medida que les iba dando distintas razones de por qué tomó su decisión, buscaban motivos para convencerla de que hiciera lo contrario. “Les conté que tenía tres hijos y me dijeron que por ahí esta era la hija que me faltaba, que trate de conectar con el embarazo, que hable con toda mi familia y les cuente”, relata Ana.

Durante meses, CNN intentó recibir una respuesta a estas alegaciones por parte de la dirección del Hospital. Recientemente, la nueva directora del instituto, que asumió al cargo a inicios de 2026, negó tener conocimiento de estos procedimientos.

El testimonio de Ana no es el único. Desde Amnistía Internacional Argentina explican que a partir de 2024 empezaron a recibir información de pacientes que coincidían con lo expresado por Ana sobre la atención en el Hospital Materno.

“En este contexto de desmantelamiento de las políticas públicas a nivel nacional, aparecieron unos dispositivos que se denominan maternidades vulnerables que, en lugar de acompañar a una mujer, lo que buscan es disuadirla de su decisión de interrumpir el embarazo, la desinforman y ejercen prácticas coercitivas”. dice Lucila Galkin, directora de Género y Diversidad de Amnistía

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN

(CNN) — The search for immortality is a tale as old as time, but it certainly has taken on a new look.

The ancient Mesopotamian epic “Gilgamesh” chronicles a king’s search for immortality after the loss of a friend. Myths of a “fountain of youth” prevailed from the times of Alexander the Great to the golden age of Spanish explorers in the 16th century.

Now, tech billionaires are using artificial intelligence, supplements and medical treatments in their attempt to crack the code on living –– if not forever –– as long as they can.

This search — and the truth behind what leads to a longer, healthier life — is the subject of a six-part CNN Original Series called “Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever.” The show, premiering 9 a.m. ET/PT Saturday, asks just how far the human effort toward longevity should go, what is mere snake oil, and how access to better health can make its way to the general population.

Swisher’s main takeaways? A lot of the investment the “tech bros” are making in longevity miss the point, but there are real, meaningful ways to increase people’s lifespan –– and health span, or living as long as you can, as healthy as you can that you can get started on now by slowly but steadily making lifestyle changes.

Here’s what the billionaires are getting wrong about longevity, and what you can start getting right today.

The point of it all

Another classic story of the search for immortality comes from Greek mythology. Eos, the goddess of the dawn, fell in love with Tithonus, a prince of Troy, and she sought to give him eternal life. But she made a mistake and didn’t specify that he would remain forever young. So, he lived forever, but he kept aging and his health kept declining.

The story raises a key question in the longevity conversation, Swisher said. Why do you want to live forever, at what cost and what would you do with more time?

Xuan-Mai Nguyen, a health science researcher for the Million Veteran Program at the VA Boston Healthcare System, tells her patients that as much as they may want to focus on adding years, she also wants them to maximize the present day.

“If you’re living five to 10 years in addition, what are those things that you want to do? Try to kind of be mindful and be purposeful in terms of what you’re trying to accomplish,” she said.

Many of the cultural icons who are seeking the elixir of youth are missing an important point. Like it or not, they –– like everyone before and everyone after –– will die; and instead of focusing on increasing the number of years, the cultural focus may be better served on relationships, purpose and impact on others, Swisher said.

When thinking about your older years, consider the difference between lifespan and health span: the number of years you live compared with the number of years you spend healthy.

“Our lifespan is much longer than our health span,” Swisher said. “How can we bring those two together?”

People are tending to live longer, but a longer life often means an increased risk of chronic disease, which can mean more frailty and disability in later years, said Dr. John Batsis, a geriatrician and associate professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“My experience is that living longer is less important than living a healthier, disability-free life,” he said in an email, referring to patients. “I take care of older adults, and many would rather have greater function rather than live longer with greater disability.”

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By Issy Ronald, CNN

(CNN) — The UK has been forced to pause its plan to hand over the Chagos Islands, on which the US air base in Diego Garcia resides, after US President Donald Trump repeatedly criticized the deal.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government are not completely scrapping the plan to hand the islands to Mauritius. A spokesperson told CNN that “we continue to believe the agreement is the best way to protect the long-term future of the base.”

However, it is understood that there is not enough time left in the current parliamentary session to enshrine the deal into British law.

The UK government has long said the deal could not proceed without US support and it is understood there hasn’t yet been an exchange of notes with Washington, a normal procedure before which any treaty could be enacted.

According to British newspaper The Times, the bill also won’t be included in the King’s Speech next month, which sets out the UK government’s legislative agenda for the upcoming year. The Foreign Office would not comment on that report.

A UK government spokesperson told CNN that “Diego Garcia is a key strategic military asset for both the UK and the US.”

“Ensuring its long-term operational security is and will continue to be our priority – it is the entire reason for the deal,” they added. “We are continuing to engage with the US and Mauritius.”

CNN has contacted the White House for comment.

When the deal to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, which claims sovereignty over the Indian Ocean territory, was first announced it was fully supported by the US.

Under the proposed deal, the UK and the US would still have access to the base on Diego Garcia – the largest of the Chagos islands – since the UK would pay Mauritius £101 million ($136 million) a year for a 99-year lease.

But Trump later backtracked on that support, attacking the deal as an “act of great stupidity” in January amid a general fraying of US-European diplomatic ties over his designs on Greenland. He then doubled down on that position in February, writing “DO NOT GIVE AWAY DIEGO GARCIA!” in a post on Truth Social, adding that the base could be used in any operations against Iran.

Starmer ultimately blocked Trump’s request to allow US forces to use UK air bases, including on Diego Garcia, for offensive operations against Iran, according to multiple reports in British media in February.

British control over the islands is a relic of its colonial past. In 1965, an agreement between the US and UK split the Chagos Islands from Mauritius and, though Mauritius gained independence three years later, the Chagos Islands remained under British control. Over time, many Chagossians were removed from the island to create space for a military base, with most resettling in Mauritius more than 1,000 miles away.

The US base on Diego Garcia, which was first built in 1971, has become of Washington’s most important overseas assets, helping to launch two invasions of Iraq and serving as a vital landing spot for bombers flying missions across Asia.

But Mauritius has claimed sovereignty over the islands for decades and in 2019, the International Court of Justice ruled that the UK must return the islands to Mauritius “as rapidly as possible.”

Although the ruling was non-binding, the UK has faced growing international pressure to comply, and successive British governments have framed it as a test of the country’s commitment to international law.

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