Early in the morning of August 9, Argentina's Senate soundly defeated a measure to legalise abortion for the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. (Their current law permits abortion in cases of sexual violence and to protect the mother's health.)
The intense debate – both in the culture at large and in the Senate chamber – often invoked a similar process which took place recently Ireland, a country with similarly Catholic roots.
There are many instructive comparisons to be made between how the process played out in these two countries.
