Las figuras legislativas destacadas de 2020 – Parlamentario parlamentario.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from parlamentario.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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 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 society that is increasing women s rights and safeguarding public health, President Alberto Fernandez, who sponsored the original bill, wrote on Twitter.
Argentine Senate Passes Landmark Abortion Bill ibtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ibtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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 authorities to put an end to dangerous backstreet terminations by legalizing the process. It becomes law, said Senate president Cristina Kirchner, after more than twelve hours of debate.