Daniel Politi and Ernesto Londoño, The New York Times Published: 02 Jan 2021 06:01 PM BdST Updated: 02 Jan 2021 06:01 PM BdST Women gather outside the Congress building in Buenos Aires, Dec 30, 2020, before the Senate announced the passage of a bill legalising abortion. The fight for legalisation began decades ago, but it gained traction only as more women became lawmakers and a massive grass-roots effort shifted the conversation. Sarah Pabst/The New York Times Women gather outside the Congress building in Buenos Aires, Dec 30, 2020, before the Senate announced the passage of a bill legalising abortion. The fight for legalisation began decades ago, but it gained traction only as more women became lawmakers and a massive grass-roots effort shifted the conversation. Sarah Pabst/The New York Times
Full article The proposed legislation would allow women to terminate pregnancies up until the 14th week
The Argentine Senate will on Tuesday debate a Bill that, if it passes into law, would make the country by far the largest in Latin America to legalize abortion. The proposed legislation would allow women to terminate pregnancies up until the 14th week. Currently, abortion is allowed only in cases of rape and when there is a threat to the life of the mother.
Earlier this month the lower house of Congress approved the measure, which was a key campaign pledge of Peronist president Alberto Fernández. He says it is a question of social justice as abortion is already a reality in Argentina and the debate is between dangerous clandestine abortions and legal procedures carried out safely in public hospitals.