In a move expected to reverberate across Latin America, Argentina’s Senate passed a law legalizing abortion early Wednesday after a marathon 12-hour session, a landmark victory for the women’s movement that has been fighting for the right for decades. “Safe, legal and free abortion is now the law,” Fernández tweeted after the vote, noting that it had been one of his election pledges. With the exceptions of Uruguay, Cuba, Mexico City, Mexico’s Oaxaca state, the Antilles and French Guiana, abortion remains largely illegal. AdvertisementArgentina’s women’s movement has been demanding legal abortion for more than 30 years. But we still don’t have legal abortion.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 30, 2020 08:50 UTC