Argentina legalizes abortion; largest Latin American nation to do so
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Thousands are seen outside Argentina s Congress of the Nation late on Tuesday as they awaited the Senate vote on a proposal to legalize abortion, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Senate passed the bill early Wednesday. Photo by Juan Ignacio Roncoroni/EPA-EFE
Dec. 30 (UPI) Argentina on Wednesday passed a law legalizing abortion and became the largest nation in Latin America to do so.
The Argentina Senate voted to pass the measure 38-29 in a reversal of a 2018 vote that blocked a wider-ranging abortion bill. The House had already passed the bill.
People demonstrate against abortion in Buenos Aires, on December 28, 2020 as Argentina s Senate prepares to vote on a bill that would legalize the practice. - The bill, which aims to legalize voluntary abortions at up to 14 weeks, was passed by the Chamber of Deputies on December 11 and will be debated and voted on in the Senate on Tuesday. | AFP via Getty Images/Emiliano Lasalvia
Despite fervent opposition from the nation s evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics, the national government of Argentina voted to allow elective abortion before 14 weeks gestation.
In an early morning Wednesday vote, the Senate in the South American country voted 38-29 to pass a measure previously approved by the Chamber of Deputies, according to the BBC.
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Argentine President Alberto Fernandez thanks Putin for delivery of Sputnik V
The Argentine President stated earlier that he will be the first in his country to get inoculated with the Russian vaccine since he does not question its quality.
BUENOS AIRES, December 24. /TASS/. Argentine President Alberto Fernandez has expressed gratitude to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and developers of the Sputnik V vaccine against the novel coronavirus for its delivery to the Latin American republic. He posted a corresponding statement on Twitter on Thursday. Argentina already has a vaccine against COVID-19. We are expressing our sincere gratitude to the Sputnik V vaccine developers and the President Vladimir Putin for determination they demonstrated to out country. A road of hope is opening but the pandemic is not over yet. We need to continue to take care of ourselves, the head of state wrote.