The bill is set to make Argentina the first major Latin American country to decriminalise voluntary abortion up to the fourteenth week of pregnancy. Currently, abortion is only legal in cases where the pregnancy causes danger to the person, or is the result of abuse or sexual violence. Even then, “the ultimate decision to abort remains in hands of the health professionals instead of the patient, giving rise to multiple uses and abuse of power,” explains a spokesperson for La Red de Profesionales de la salud por el Derecho a Decidir (The Network of Health Professionals for the Right to Choose).