In this latest vote, and victory, legislators framed abortion rights as a matter of social justice and of public health — dozens of women die a year seeking abortions, according to Argentina’s Access to Safe Abortion Network. “In Argentina, safe abortion exists for those who can pay for it,” said Vilma Ibarra, the president’s legal and technical secretary, who drafted the bill. It will triumph!”Timing also worked in the abortion legalisation effort’s favour. The following year, Fernández, who has long supported the right to legal abortion, campaigned for president as a feminist. And he promised that he would put the weight of the executive branch behind the effort to legalise abortion.

Source: bd News24 January 02, 2021 12:00 UTC