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Argentina: Lawmakers Consider Repeal of Laws Banning Most Abortions

HeadlineJun 01, 2018

In Argentina, hundreds of women rallied outside the Congress in Buenos Aires Thursday, as lawmakers debated whether to legalize abortion in the predominantly Catholic country. Argentina currently allows abortion only with the permission of a judge in cases of rape or a risk to a pregnant woman’s life.

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