Updated / Tuesday, 29 Dec 2020
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Anti-abortion supporters wearing light blue scarves as they protest in Argentina
A polarised Senate will decide today whether to legalise abortion in Argentina in a vote experts say could go either way.
The bill proposed by President Alberto Fernandez already passed the Chamber of Deputies on December 11, despite fierce opposition from the Catholic Church and evangelical Christians. I m Catholic but I have to legislate for everyone. Every year around 38,000 women are taken to hospital due to (clandestine) abortions and since the restoration of democracy (in 1983) more than 3,000 have died of this, said President Fernandez.
The government says there are between 370,000 and 520,000 illegal abortions a year in Argentina, a country of 44 million people.
Polarized Argentine Senate set to vote on legalizing abortion
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Buenos Aires (AFP)
A polarized Senate will decide Tuesday whether to legalize abortion in Argentina in a vote experts say could go either way.
The bill proposed by President Alberto Fernandez already passed the Chamber of Deputies on December 11, despite fierce opposition from the Catholic Church and evangelical Christians. I m Catholic but I have to legislate for everyone. Every year around 38,000 women are taken to hospital due to (clandestine) abortions and since the restoration of democracy (in 1983) more than 3,000 have died of this, said Fernandez.
The government says there are between 370,000 and 520,000 illegal abortions a year in Argentina, a country of 44 million.
Polarised Argentine Senate set to vote on legalising abortion The bill proposed by President Alberto Fernandez already passed the Chamber of Deputies on December 11, despite fierce opposition from the Catholic Church and evangelical Christians. FILE: Argentine President Alberto Fernandez. Picture: AFP.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A polarised Senate will decide Tuesday whether to legalise abortion in Argentina in a vote experts say could go either way.
The bill proposed by President Alberto Fernandez already passed the Chamber of Deputies on December 11, despite fierce opposition from the Catholic Church and evangelical Christians. I m Catholic but I have to legislate for everyone. Every year around 38,000 women are taken to hospital due to (clandestine) abortions and since the restoration of democracy (in 1983) more than 3,000 have died of this, said Fernandez.
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