Argentines Celebrate Approval Of Landmark Abortion Law By Daniel MEROLLA
12/30/20 AT 6:22 PM
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. A pro-choice campaigner covers her face with the green scarf adopted by activists pushing for abortion to be legalized in Argentina Photo: AFP / RONALDO SCHEMIDT 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.
Argentines celebrate as Senate passes landmark bill to legalize abortion
Abortion-rights activists look at public screens during the votes on a bill to legalize abortion outside the Palace of the Argentine National Congress
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Hundreds of thousands of illegal terminations are carried out every year with at least 3,000 women dying after backstreet abortions since the 1980s
The landmark bill in the country of 44 million succeeded despite strong opposition from Evangelical Christians and traditional Roman Catholics
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Argentina Wednesday became one of only a handful of South American nations to legalize abortion, a landmark decision in a country where the Catholic Church has long held sway.
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