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Vote to abortion in Argentina: a political or religious result?

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After five months of intense debate, the Senate in Argentina rejected the proposal to modify the abortion law in the country. A law that has existed since 1921 and which, at the moment, allows the interruption of voluntary pregnancy in specific circumstances: in case f sexual violence or if the woman's health is at risk.


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After five months of intense debate, the Senate in Argentina rejected the proposal to modify the abortion law in the country. A law that has existed since 1921 and which, at the moment, allows the interruption of voluntary pregnancy in specific circumstances: in case f sexual violence or if the woman's health is at risk.


We talked about the results with the journalist Martino Rigacci, based in Buenos Aires.


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