In a significant triumph for women’s rights, Argentina has legalized elective abortion – and in so doing may have paved the way for improved reproductive rights throughout Latin America.
On 30 December 2020, Argentina’s Senate passed the Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy bill following a 12-hour historic debate. The new law allows people to voluntarily end their pregnancies up to 14 weeks after conception. In the words of senator Norma Durango: ‘It recognizes motherhood as a right and not as an obligation.’
