Pro-choice celebration | Argentina legalizes abortions

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Women in #Argentina, a major Catholic country, can now legally terminate pregnancies until week 14. The change was voted through by the Senate on Wednesday, triggering a wave of celebration among #prochoice demonstrators.

The lawmakers passed the bill by 38 votes to 29, with one abstention, two weeks after it was approved by the lower chamber of the parliament. For almost a century, abortions had only been legal in Argentina for pregnancies that came about as a result of a rape, or when a mother’s life was in danger.

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