Argentine Senate Scuttles Abortion Bill

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After months of intense debate, churning societal tension, and successful passage of the Chamber of Deputies, legislation that would have decriminalized abortion during the first 14 weeks of gestation failed when a majority of Argentina’s senators voted against it in the early morning hours of August 9, 2018. Thousands of Argentinians, divided into the “green” pro and “blue” con camps, stood in pouring rain outside the Congress as the debate unfolded. With the bill’s failure, Argentina’s abortion laws remain unchanged, but across Argentine society there is a profound consensus that the country may never be the same.

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