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Facing a groundswell of support for legal abortion, Argentina's Catholic Church moderates its tone

  • Written by Verónica Giménez Béliveau, Religion and Society Professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argnetina's pro-choice movement, which began in 2003, hopes that the Senate will vote in favor of legalizing abortion on Aug. 8, 2018.

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Abortion is completely legal only in three places in Latin America: Cuba legalized the practice in 1965, followed by Mexico City in 2007 and Uruguay in 2012.

Argentina, like the majority of...

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