“In a country as staunchly anti-abortion as Argentina, Sunday’s presidential election outcome signals a potential sea change for women’s rights in the notoriously restrictive country.” By Wolfe321
The election comes at a time in the country’s history in which the rise of the Evangelical movement, combined with the ongoing power of the Catholic Church, is clashing with a growing movement of pro-choice feminists. Known as the “green tide” because of the green handkerchiefs supporters wear, thousands have marched since 2015 as lawmakers attempted to bring a bill that would legalize abortion to Congress seven times.
Argentina’s ministry of health estimates that at least 350,000 illegal abortions are performed in Argentina every year,, but, as with all violence against women, rights groups think that number is a serious underestimate. They put the real number at closer to 500,000. Abortion is only legal in in Argentina in cases of rape or when pregnancies endanger a mother’s life.a caesarian section-like procedure to deliver her baby, who was not expected to survive.
Only two countries in the region allow abortion: Uruguay and Cuba. Parts of Mexico have also legalized abortion., seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean—the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Suriname—do not allow abortion under any circumstances.
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