Tag: Argentina abortion bill

• Friday, January 15th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine president celebrates a rare success of his administration, promulgation of an abortion bill

  

  Argentina on Thursday became one of just a handful of Latin American countries to allow elective abortion, as neighboring Chile initiated its own debate on decriminalizing a procedure denied to most women on the continent. President Alberto Fernandez signed a law that allows abortion until 14 weeks of pregnancy that was passed by the Senate on December 30.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  President Fernandez sends to Congress a bill legalizing abortion

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced on Tuesday he was sending a new bill on legalizing abortion to Congress, re-opening a debate that has bitterly divided the traditionally Catholic nation.

• Friday, February 7th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentine president preparing bill to legalize abortion

  

  Argentina edged closer to legalizing abortion on Wednesday, as President Alberto Fernandez said he was preparing to send a Bill to Congress. In a speech to the Institute of Political Studies in France, the President said the measure would pay a “debt to democracy”.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina: In the midst of presidential election activists re launch efforts to legalize abortion

  

  Activists and lawmakers in Argentina relaunched a bid to legalize abortion on Tuesday with a new bill before Congress and a major demonstration planned, resuming a battle that has divided the homeland of Pope Francis ahead of October's general election.

• Thursday, August 9th 2018 - 11:38 UTC

  Argentina: abortion bill rejected but reforms could be introduced to the Criminal Code

  

  The Argentine Senate as was anticipated finally rejected a divisive bill that would have legalized elective abortion for pregnancies of up to 14 weeks. Thirty-eight senators voted against the legislation on Thursday following a debate that lasted more than 15 hours.

• Friday, August 3rd 2018 - 11:30 UTC

  Argentine Senate will vote on the abortion bill next Wednesday

  

  The Argentine Senate finally approved the text of a bill to legalize abortion that will be put to a vote on August 8 in the upper chamber. As approved by Congress' lower house Chamber of Deputies on June 14, the bill sent to the Senate decriminalizes abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy and provides for conscientious objection for practitioners, but not for hospitals.

• Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 21:23 UTC

  Legal abortion bill in Argentina faces an even steeper up hill in the Senate

  

  The lower house of Argentina’s Congress on Thursday narrowly passed a Bill to legalise abortion through 14 weeks of pregnancy after a tight vote on a proposal that has divided the South American nation.

• Wednesday, June 13th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  A divided Argentine congress and society vote to decriminalize abortion

  

  Argentina's Lower House will vote on Wednesday a bill to decriminalize elective abortion without judicial authorization in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. In Argentina abortion is only allowed when the mother's life is at risk or as a result of rape.