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Argentine Senate approves bill legalising abortion
Updated On: 30 December, 2020 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai | AP
The bill was passed with 38 votes in favor, 29 against, and one abstention, after a marathon 12-hour session that began late Tuesday
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Women celebrate with green scarves - the symbol of pro-abortion activists - outside the Argentine Congress on Friday. Pic/AFP
Argentinas Senate has passed a law legalising abortion, a victory for the womens movement that has been fighting for the right for decades.
Under Wednesday's majority vote, abortion is legalised up to the 14th week of pregnancy, and is also legal after that time in cases of rape or danger to the mothers life.
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