Argentina legalises abortion in fiercely contentious vote

Demonstrators in favour of legalising abortion react after the senate passed an abortion bill, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 30 2020. Picture: REUTERS/MARTIN VILLAR

The fiercely contentious vote was held at 4am after a marathon debate that lasted through the night. In a vote of 38-29 with one abstention, the senate backed the government proposal to allow terminations through the 14th week of pregnancy. The lower house had already approved it this month. “We did it sisters. We made history. We did it together. There are no words for this moment, it passes through the body and the soul,” tweeted Monica Macha, a legislator with President Alberto Fernandez’s centre-left ruling coalition.

After the vote, thousands of the bill’s opponents dispersed, wiping away tears as a speaker from a makeshift stage told them: “We are witnessing a defeat of life. But our convictions do not change. We are going to make ourselves heard.”

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