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November 20, 2020

Argentine President Sends Lawmakers a Bill to Overturn Strict Anti-Abortion Laws
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And Argentina is poised to become the largest Latin American country to
legalize abortion, after President Alberto Fernández sent senators a
bill overturning strict anti-choice laws.  On Wednesday, crowds of
reproductive rights activists rallied outside the Argentine National
Congress as the legislation was introduced. 

Protester: "We are sure that there is going to be a fight over the bill,
just like we have seen in past years. We have to defend legalized
abortion out in the streets, because we don't trust those who are
sitting in the Senate, nor lawmakers from the major parties."

Last year alone, nearly 40,000 people in Argentina were hospitalized
after receiving botched abortions outside of medical clinics.


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