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Argentines celebrate approval of abortion law Posted : 2020-12-31 11:02 Updated : 2020-12-31 11:02 People react when Argentina's Senate votes to legalize abortion, backing the government proposal to allow terminations through the 14th week of pregnancy, in Buenos Aires, Dec. 30, 2020. Reuters Pro-choice activists celebrated on the streets on Wednesday as Argentina joined a handful of South American nations to legalize abortion, a landmark decision in a country where the Catholic Church has long held sway. Senate president Cristina Kirchner confirmed the vote after more than twelve hours of...

Celebrations in Argentina after landmark abortion law passes France 24 31/12/2020 NEWS WIRES © Agustín Marcarián, REUTERS Pro-choice activists celebrated on the streets on Wednesday as Argentina joined a handful of South American nations to legalize abortion, a landmark decision in a country where the Catholic Church has long held sway. Senate president Cristina Kirchner confirmed the vote after more than twelve hours of debate that began Tuesday, sparking scenes of jubilation in the capital Buenos Aires. "Safe, legal and free abortion is law ... Now we're a better socie...

Argentine Senate grants final approval to abortion bill 30 Dec 2020 Argentina's Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (left) is pictured during the session in Buenos Aires. AFP Gulf Today Report Argentine lawmakers voted on Wednesday to legalise abortion, becoming one of only a handful of South American nations to do so, after hours of debate in the Senate. President Alberto Fernandez approved by Argentina’s House of Deputies earlier this month proposed the bill. Now he is expected to sign it. READ MORE "I'm Catholic but I have to legislate for everyone. Every year ar...

Daily Monitor Wednesday December 30 2020 A pro-choice activist celebrates after the Senate approved a bill to legalize abortion outside the Congress in Buenos Aires on December 30, 2020. PHOTO/AFP. Summary Such changes have always been slow in Argentina: divorce was legalized only in 1987, sex education introduced in 2006, gay marriage approved in 2010 and a gender identity law passed in 2012. Advertisement abortion, after hours of debate in the Senate. Hundreds of thousands of illegal abortions are carried out every year in the nation of 44 million, and pro-choice campaigners have long-urged...

Published December 30, 2020, 1:19 PM Argentina’s Senate is preparing to vote Wednesday on a landmark bill on whether to legalize abortion in a country where the Catholic Church has long held sway, with the vote expected to be razor-thin. Argentina’s Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) is pictured during the session at the Senate to decide whether to legalize voluntary abortions at up to 14 weeks or not, at the Congress in Buenos Aires, on December 29, 2020. – The bill proposed by President Alberto Fernandez already passed the Chamber of Deputies on December 11, despite fie...