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The current bill is to be debated in the Senate on Tuesday next week. It is expected that demonstrations will be held both, for and against the bill
Argentina s Senate is due to decide next week on whether to give final approval to a bill that would allow abortion up to fourteenth week of pregnancy. The bill is backed by the government but has divided the society that has close ties with Roman Catholic faith. The bill has already been passed by the lower house of Congress on December 11. We have the right to be able to decide about our own lives, about whether we want to have children and, if we want to have them, how many we want to have. If we decide to interrupt the pregnancy, we have the right to do it autonomously and freely, Yamila Picasso, a 33-year-old activist, told Reuters outside Congress, where she was demonstrating.
BUENOS AIRES Argentina s Senate will decide next week whether to give final approval to a government-backed bill that would expand the availability of legal abortion, a proposal that has divided a society with strong ties to the Roman Catholic church. On Dec. 11, the lower house of Congress approved the measure, which would allow interruption of pregnancies until the fourteenth week. The Senate vote is expected to be close. We have the right to be able to decide about our own lives, about whether we want to have children and, if we want to have them, how many we want to have. If we decide to interrupt the pregnancy, we have the right to do it autonomously and freely, Yamila Picasso, a 33-year-old activist, told Reuters outside Congress, where she was demonstrating.
Argentina’s Senate will decide next week whether to give final approval to a government-backed bill that would expand the availability of legal abortion, a proposal that has divided a society with strong ties to the Roman Catholic church.
On December 11, the lower house of Congress approved the measure, which would allow interruption of pregnancies until the fourteenth week. The Senate vote is expected to be close.
“We have the right to be able to decide about our own lives, about whether we want to have children and, if we want to have them, how many we want to have. If we decide to interrupt the pregnancy, we have the right to do it autonomously and freely,” Yamila Picasso, a 33-year-old activist, told the Reuters news agency outside Congress, where she was demonstrating.
Argentine abortion bill clears 1st legislative hurdle 3 minutes read
By Rodrigo Garcia Melero
Buenos Aires, Dec 11 (efe-epa).- An abortion bill introduced by Argentine President Alberto Fernandez’s administration cleared an initial legislative hurdle early Friday, although it now faces a more daunting obstacle in the more conservative Senate.
A total of 131 lower-house lawmakers voted in favor of the measure, which would allow the voluntary termination of pregnancies until the 14th week of gestation, while 117 legislators opposed the bill and six abstained.
Under current law, abortions can only be legally performed in cases of rape or risk to a woman’s life or health.