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Politics is about power, contestation, and negotiation. Political discourse relies not only on the persuasiveness of words, rational argumentation, and ethical appeals but also on the deployment of images. Political disputes around abortion are paradigmatic of the crucial role that images can play. While conservative groups have deployed powerful imagery to present their moral and political convictions, abortion rights organizations are increasingly intervening in the political arena with visual artifacts. Places where abortion is illegal and where activists have been struggling to repeal punitive abortion laws seem particularly well suited for examining the visual repertoires of abortion rights activists. Argentina is a case in point. This article interrogates the visual production of three significant organizations for abortion rights in Argentina: the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe, and Free Abortion; Lesbians and …