Paola Verenice Pabón Caranqui (born 28 January 1978) is an Ecuadorian lawyer, politician and feminist who ran for President of Ecuador in the 2025 general election.

[1] However, three months later, Pabón resigned her position after showing against in what she perceived was a generalization on the part of Moreno in his criticism of his predecessor's administration for alleged acts of corruption.

[12] In October 2013, Pabón and fellow congresswoman Gina Godoy presented a motion to discuss the decriminalization of abortion in cases of rape.

[14] President Rafael Correa reacted energetically, labeling the act as a "betrayal" and threatening to resign his position in case that type of abortion was decriminalized, and so Pabón withdrew the motion.

This measure provoked criticism in social networks, with pronouncements from personalities such as Silvia Buendía, the political party Ruptura 25, and the actress Érika Vélez.