✣✣ Argentina’s senate rejects abortion on demand
What happened? The Argentine Senate rejected a bill legalising abortion on demand for the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. Senators voted by 38 to 31 after a 15-hour debate as huge crowds of pro-life and pro-abortion activists gathered outside. The bill had been narrowly passed by the country’s congress in June. Massive rallies had been held by both sides during the three-month debate. In Latin America the only countries to have liberalised abortion laws are Uruguay, Cuba and Guyana.
