Thousands Of Women Rally Against Abortion Law In Argentina
Thousands of women hold green scarves demanding the decriminalization of abortion as they protest at Argentina’s National Congress in Buenos Aires on February 19, 2020. Abortion in Argentina is allowed only in cases of rape, or if the mother’s health is in danger. The green scarves are a symbol of the women’s fight to legalize abortion.
“We are here to fight for this law to come out this year,” psychologist Antonella D’Alessio told AFP. “An unwanted pregnancy is synonymous with torture.”The rally called by feminist groups was held in front of the Congress where in June 2018 a bill to legalize abortion was approved by the lower house, only to be defeated by conservatives in the Senate amid pressure from the Roman Catholic Church.
Liberals won ground in the Senate in November’s elections, renewing activists’ hopes that any new abortion bill would now be approved in the once staunchly conservative chamber.
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