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October 18, 2012

Uruguay’s Senate Votes to Legalize Abortion 
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Uruguay’s Senate has passed a measure legalizing first-trimester
abortions and the president is widely expected to sign it into law,
making Uruguay one of a few Latin American countries to allow abortions
for any reason. Those seeking abortion would need to explain their case
before a panel of healthcare professionals, hear about alternatives such
as adoption, and then wait for five days. Uruguayan Senator Constanza
Moreira defended the right to abortion.

Senator Constanza Moreira: "They are the sexual and reproductive rights
of women. No woman can be obligated to carry out a pregnancy she does
not want. That is violence against women. And, well, separating women
from their bodies and giving them the right to not just be a body where
a future life can be held has taken many years."

 

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