Argentina legalises abortion in landmark moment for women's rights

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/30/argentina-legalises-abortion-in-landmark-moment-for-womens-rights

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vivab0rg• 6 years ago

This is just an oportunistic political move ahead of next year's elections. The government doesn't really care about abortion. Source: Argentinian living in Argentina.

_Microft3• 6 years ago

If the outcome is net-positive, does it matter because of which reasons it was achieved?

kwanbix2• 6 years ago

Well, it depends how do you measure positivizes. The babies that are going to be aborted, for sure don't see it as positive.

slumdev2• 6 years ago

Karina Marolla, a 49-year-old opponent of the law, said: “What was voted for today is the death penalty for the most innocent. Today in Argentina there’s no law giving the death penalty to rapists or murderers. So we’re feeling sad, to put it lightly.”

It's buried toward the bottom, but I'm genuinely surprised that opponents got the appearance of a fair shake in The Guardian.

iridium_core• 6 years ago

Still a lot of countries which are not blue:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Abortion...

Which are also countries where overpopulation and destitution are most prevalent. Improving access to education, contraception, and abortion for women worldwide should be our #1 foreign aid objective. We should target this in place of food aid.

mromanuk• 6 years ago

I'm really happy for all Argentinean women, including my two little daughters, this law makes Argentina a freer (better) country.

Argentina legalises abortion in landmark moment for women's rights

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