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Thousands Rally Before Argentine Congress to Legalize Abortion
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1:19Now PlayingThousands of women, including members of feminist groups from the United States and Chile, gathered on Wednesday in front of the Argentine Congress to campaign for abortion to be made legal on demand.
Waving green hankerchiefs, the emblem of their movement, they held banners reading "Legal, safe and free abortion" and called for the measure to be included in the parliamentary agenda this year.
"We hope that Argentina passes this law, we hope that Congress heeds the call of Argentine women," said Johanna Cervone, of the Women's Equality Center in the United States.
The protesters included members of a Chilean feminist collective, which staged a choreography act in front of parliament.
Latin America has some of the strictest abortion laws in the world, said one of the protest leaders, Johanna Cervone of the Women's Equality Center.
In Argentina, it is legal to interrupt a pregnancy when the life or health of a woman is at risk or if the pregnancy was the result of rape.
In these cases, the Ministry of Health has a guide for medical staff in public and private institutions, but several provinces - whose populations have a strong conservative component - have refused to apply that protocol.
Congress debated a decriminalization project for abortion in 2018, but the initiative - which was approved by the House of Representatives - failed to move forward in the Senate.
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