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Bill legalizing abortion passes in pope’s native Argentina Argentina is the largest Latin American country to legalize abortion. Abortion remains largely illegal across the region.     Abortion-rights activists watch live video streaming Wednesday of lawmakers in session outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Congress approved a bill that legalizes abortion. [ NATACHA PISARENKO | AP ] Updated Dec. 30, 2020 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s Senate passed a law legalizing abortion in Pope Francis’ homeland early Wednesday after a marathon 12-hour session, ...

A pro-choice demonstrator weeps excited after the right to an abortion is legalised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina's Senate passed a law legalising abortion 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 legalised 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. Natacha Pisarenko/AP A p...

“Today, we are a better society that expands women’s rights and guarantees public health,” he added. While abortion is already allowed in some other parts of Latin America — such as in Uruguay, Cuba and Mexico City — its legalization in Argentina is expected to reverberate across the region, where dangerous clandestine procedures remain the norm a half century after a woman’s right to choose was guaranteed in the U.S. In Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's party led a chorus of mostly leftist politicians across the region who celebrated the decision. “We congratula...

Argentina's Senate passes bill legalising abortion in landmark moment for women's rights As per the new bill, abortion will be legalised 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 The Associated Press December 30, 2020 18:26:03 IST Representational image. Buenos Aires: Argentina’s Senate passed a law legalising abortion in Pope Francis' homeland early Wednesday after a marathon 12-hour sess...

The vote means that abortion will be legalised up to the 14th week of pregnancy. By Press Association Wednesday 30 Dec 2020, 10:45 AM Dec 30th 2020, 10:45 AM 10,312 Views 50 Comments Supporters of abortion celebrate in Argentina Image: PA Images Image: PA Images ARGENTINA’S SENATE HAS passed a law legalising abortion in Pope Francis’ homeland after a marathon 12-hour session, in a victory for the women’s movement that has been fighting...