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Argentine feminists believe the time has finally come for abortion to be legalized.
A pro-abortion demonstration in Santa Fe, Argentina, on July 20, 2018. (Wikimedia Commons)
“Stop making women’s bodies the battleground of all the political and economic issues you cannot solve.”
With these words, Argentine legislator Gabriela Cerruti closed the final speech of a 24-hour session and called on legislators to vote for the legalization of abortion throughout Argentina. Immediately afterwards, in the early hours of Dec. 11, the Argentine Lower Chamber approved a bill which would make it legal to end pregnancies up to 14 weeks by a vote of 131-117. ....

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