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Natacha Pisarenko / AP Updated at 4:40 p.m. ET Argentinas Senate voted early Wednesday to legalize elective abortion, marking a historic shift in the heavily Catholic country that is the homeland of Pope Francis. Following a debate that went well past midnight, the Senate passed the bill 38-29 with one abstention just over two weeks after the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Argentinas Congress, narrowly approved the measure. The decision comes after years of organizing within the A...

Argentina on Wednesday voted to legalise elective abortion, becoming the largest Latin American country to do so. In a historic political shift in a heavily catholic country, Argentinas Senate approved the historic law change by 38 votes in favour to 29 against with one abstention, NPR reported. "The emotion invades us, the work was a lot and the road to get here was long, but we got there," Elizabeth Gomez Alcorta, minister of women, genders and diversity wrote Monday evening before the vote...

Argentina Legalizes Abortion In Historic Senate Vote By Elena Moore  December 30, 2020 Argentina’s Senate voted early Wednesday to legalize elective abortion, marking a historic shift in the heavily Catholic country that is the homeland of Pope Francis. Following a debate that went well past midnight, the Senate passed the bill 38 to 29 with one abstention just over two weeks after the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Argentina’s Congress, narrowly approved the measure. The decision...

The decision comes after years of organizing within the Argentine abortion-rights movement. Following a debate that went well past midnight, the Senate passed the bill 38 to 29 with one abstention, after the Chamber of Deputies, narrowly approved the measure Argentinas Senate voted to legalize elective abortion early Wednesday, marking a historic political shift in the heavily Catholic country and larger region. Following a debate that went well p...

Toggle navigation Pope Francis, who is from Argentina, has previously voiced his opposition to the legislation, equating abortion to hiring a hitman. In landmark decision, Argentina legalises elective abortion ANI | Updated: Dec 30, 2020 15:01 IST Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 30 (ANI): Argentina on Wednesday voted to legalise elective abortion, becoming the largest Latin American country to do so. In a historic political shift in a heavily catho...

In Historic Vote, Argentina Chamber OKs Bill Legalizing Abortion Friday, December 11, 2020 Demonstrators wait with green headscarves — the symbol of abortion rights activists — outside the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, where lawmakers endorsed a bill to legalize abortion Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP via Getty Images Argentinas Chamber of Deputies approved a bill making abortion legal early on Friday, in a much-debated vote that many in the predominantly Roman Catholic country ...

"The world is unjust, but the answer is not in our uterus," lawmaker Gabriela Cerruti said of the vote in Argentina's Chamber of Deputies.