Argentina senate approves abortion bill

[Peter King]

In a wonderful development for women's rights in South America, the senate in Argentina has voted to approve the abortion law.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Senate passed a law legalizing abortion early Wednesday after a marathon 12-hour session, a victory for the women’s movement that has been fighting for the right for decades.

The vote means that abortion will be legalized in Pope Francis’ homeland up to the 14th week of pregnancy, and also will be legal after that time in cases of rape or danger to the mother’s life. It will have repercussions across a continent where the procedure is largely illegal.

The measure was passed with 38 votes in favor, 29 against and one abstention, after a session that began late Tuesday.


It was already approved by Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies and has the support of President Alberto Fernández, meaning the Senate vote was its final hurdle.

Argentina will be the largest Latin American country to legalize abortion and the vote was being closely watched. With the exceptions of Uruguay, Cuba, Mexico City, Mexico’s Oaxaca state, the Antilles and French Guiana, abortion remains largely illegal across the region.

Argentina until now has penalized women and those who help them abort. The only exceptions were cases involving rape or a risk to the health of the mother, and activists complain even these exceptions are not respected in some provinces.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/arge...egalizing-abortion_n_5fec3c7dc5b6ff7479855573

It is wonderful to see women have the right to choose in the birth country of the pope where the catholic church has been running it's politics since they (the invaders) took power from the native people and ruled over them for the past few hundred years.

 

[Lursa]

In a wonderful development for women's rights in South America, the senate in Argentina has voted to approve the abortion law.



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/arge...egalizing-abortion_n_5fec3c7dc5b6ff7479855573

It is wonderful to see women have the right to choose in the birth country of the pope where the catholic church has been running it's politics since they (the invaders) took power from the native people and ruled over them for the past few hundred years.

I read this article on CNN. So good to see, for the welfare and future of women in Argentina. Esp. in a country with less sex ed in schools (none in some), and less access to birth control?

"How can a woman plan her future and follow her dreams if she can't decide for herself when and whether to have children? How can we tell women they have the right to live free of male control and violence, and then allow the state to control their reproductive lives, forcing them to continue pregnancies, risk their health and their lives, and give birth against their will?"​

Opinion: What Argentina's 'green handkerchief' movement is all about

Jill Filipovic writes that Argentina's decision to legalize abortion up to 14 weeks is about more than a woman's right to end a pregnancy. The abortion rights movement there has gone hand in hand with the fights against gender-based violence and gender discrimination more broadly.

www.cnn.com