In a bold affirmation of life-affirming values, Chile’s incoming right-wing President José Antonio Kast has named staunch abortion opponent Judith Marín, 30, as Minister for Women and Gender Equity. The announcement came during a cabinet unveiling in Santiago’s upscale district on January 20, 2026, ahead of Kast’s March 11 swearing-in after his decisive December runoff win, fueled by tough stances on crime and migration.
Marín, an evangelical Christian and former Eagles of Jesus leader—a group recruiting university students—has unapologetically defended life from conception to natural death. She once disrupted a Senate session, shouting “return to the Lord” during a 2017 vote decriminalizing abortion in limited cases: maternal risk, rape, or fetal non-viability.
Marín has decried broader decriminalization bills, like outgoing President Gabriel Boric’s proposal allowing abortions up to 14 weeks, and champions the “natural family” of man and woman as society’s cornerstone. In October, she declared: “Our country is going through a spiritual, social, moral and political crisis, and more than ever we, the children of God, need to stand up.”
Kast, a devout Catholic father of nine, assembled a 24-member cabinet of 13 men and 11 women, averaging 54 years old, drawing from right-wing circles with scant centrists. At the ceremony, he proclaimed: “This unity cabinet was not formed to administer normality. It was brought together to face a national emergency.”This appointment signals a righteous pushback against radical leftist agendas eroding family structures and sanctity of life, prioritizing moral clarity amid Chile’s crises.