ARGENTINA
Tilting at Windmills
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said he will soon send Congress a bill to legalize abortion, a move that could make the country the first major Latin American nation to fully permit the procedure, the Guardian reported.
Most Latin American countries with the exception of Cuba and Uruguay severely restrict abortion. Argentine authorities allow terminations only in cases of rape or if the mother’s life is in danger.
A previous bill to legalize abortion was defeated in 2018 after a strong campaign by the country’s powerful Roman Catholic Church, Reuters reported.
The abortion bill is only part of Fernandez’ overall reform plan, which also targets the judiciary and the nation’s intelligence service, and seeks to fight poverty, which affects almost 40 percent of the population after years of stagflation.
His government also began renegotiating with the International Monetary Fund on Monday over the repayment terms of $100 billion of public debt, which it aims to finalize by the end of this month.
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