- Thread starter
- Staff
- #1
Dadparvar
Staff member
- Nov 11, 2016
- 10,711
- 0
- 6
Argentina’s lower house, the Camara de Disputado, voted to legalize abortion Thursday after 20 hours of floor debate. The vote was seen as a victory for the Marea Verde (“Green Sea”) movement which seeks to make abortion legal.
The bid to legalize abortion had received support from President Alberto Fernandez and will allow ‘women and anyone capable of pregnancy’ to legally terminate their pregnancy until the 14th week. Much of the debates centered around a medical professional’s ability to ‘continuously object’. The house eventually decreeing that they could object but must perform or find someone to perform the abortion within 10 days.
Abortion has been illegal in Argentina since 1921 but activists have been fighting to legalize it since they regained democracy in 1983. The legalization fight is highly controversial since Argentina is a primarily Roman Catholic country and many legislators and citizens have religious objections.
The legalization bill faces its steepest challenge next because it must be approved by the Senate, where a similar effort failed in 2018.
Did you know that about 30 percent of charitable giving happens in December?
It’s an important month for nonprofits like JURIST that rely on donor support. Your gift of $50, $100, $200 or $500 will help JURIST to keep its legal news and commentary free and accessible to a worldwide public.
Thanks for your support!
DONATE NOW
The post Argentina lower house votes to legalize abortion appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.
Continue reading...
Note: We don't have any responsibilities about this news. Its been posted here by Feed Reader and we had no controls and checking on it. And because News posted here will be deleted automatically after 21 days, threads are closed so that no one spend time to post and discuss here. You can always check the source and discuss in their site.
The bid to legalize abortion had received support from President Alberto Fernandez and will allow ‘women and anyone capable of pregnancy’ to legally terminate their pregnancy until the 14th week. Much of the debates centered around a medical professional’s ability to ‘continuously object’. The house eventually decreeing that they could object but must perform or find someone to perform the abortion within 10 days.
Abortion has been illegal in Argentina since 1921 but activists have been fighting to legalize it since they regained democracy in 1983. The legalization fight is highly controversial since Argentina is a primarily Roman Catholic country and many legislators and citizens have religious objections.
The legalization bill faces its steepest challenge next because it must be approved by the Senate, where a similar effort failed in 2018.
Did you know that about 30 percent of charitable giving happens in December?
It’s an important month for nonprofits like JURIST that rely on donor support. Your gift of $50, $100, $200 or $500 will help JURIST to keep its legal news and commentary free and accessible to a worldwide public.
Thanks for your support!
DONATE NOW
The post Argentina lower house votes to legalize abortion appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.
Continue reading...
Note: We don't have any responsibilities about this news. Its been posted here by Feed Reader and we had no controls and checking on it. And because News posted here will be deleted automatically after 21 days, threads are closed so that no one spend time to post and discuss here. You can always check the source and discuss in their site.