ARGENTINA – Macri gives a green light to open the debate on abortion law reform

ARGENTINA – Macri gives a green light to open the debate on abortion law reform

by International Campaign for Women's Right to Safe Abortion
Feb 23, 2018

In 2016, 46 women died from unsafe, illegal abortions in Argentina. All of them could have been avoided. Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina, is against abortion, but all around him there is a very strong movement and a new generation that are pushing for Argentina to become a leader in the region on abortion law reform, as they were with gay marriage. The abortion rights movement in Argentina seeks to go well beyond Chile and calls for a law that allows abortion on request in the first 14 weeks.

In the Congress, where resistance to change and the pressures of the Catholic church still have weight, the pressure is growing every day. Last weekend it exploded in a cheerful and organised manner in front of the Congress building and on social media with the slogan #AbortoLegalYa (Legal abortion already!) that gained the support of many famous politicians and journalists, a senior judge, a TV star and some important members of the Government.

Continued: http://www.safeabortionwomensright.org/argentina-macri-gives-a-green-light-to-open-the-debate-on-abortion-law-reform/