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Argentina abortion: Crowds gather to back pro-choice bill
Source: BBC
Argentina abortion: Crowds gather to back pro-choice bill
29 May 2019
A large crowd has marched on the Congress building in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, to demand the decriminalisation of abortion.
Tuesday's march came as a bill was introduced to legalise terminations in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
A similar bill was defeated at almost the last hurdle last year when senators voted 38 to 31 against it.
Currently abortion in Argentina is allowed only in cases of rape, or if the mother's health is in danger.
Thousands of women wearing green handkerchiefs, which have become symbolic of their fight to legalise abortion, chanted slogans and held up placards backing the latest attempt to get the bill made into law.
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29 May 2019
A large crowd has marched on the Congress building in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, to demand the decriminalisation of abortion.
Tuesday's march came as a bill was introduced to legalise terminations in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
A similar bill was defeated at almost the last hurdle last year when senators voted 38 to 31 against it.
Currently abortion in Argentina is allowed only in cases of rape, or if the mother's health is in danger.
Thousands of women wearing green handkerchiefs, which have become symbolic of their fight to legalise abortion, chanted slogans and held up placards backing the latest attempt to get the bill made into law.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48444884
Thousands of people gathered outside the Congress building to back the legalisation of abortion (AFP)
The demonstrators held up their trademark green handkerchiefs (Reuters)
