The Supreme Court of Tucumán Province has ordered the release of Belén, a young woman from said province who was condemned to eight years in prison for allegedly inducing an abortion, which is illegal in Argentina. Belén (not her real name) is a young woman who went to the Avellaneda hospital in Tucumán in 2014 with crippling abdominal pain: she was given painkillers and was admitted for about two hours. Last Friday, thousands marched under the rallying cry of “Freedom for Belén” across the country. Several initiatives have been struck up in Congress to reform abortion laws but none have succeeded so far. In fact, President Mauricio Macri recently made it clear that he will be not be passing any law in support of abortion.

Source: The Bubble August 17, 2016 14:37 UTC