Abortion: more differences between advocates of legalization in the Senate

A group of senators supporting


the legalization of abortion
warned yesterday against the idea, promoted by another sector that supports the reform, to make amendments to the bill approved in the Chamber of Deputies.

Internal differences between the engines of legalization were consolidated Later, after the national campaign for the right to legal, safe and free abortion claimed by a statement the sanction of the law "without setbacks or delays ", in the session of 8 August.

"We reject everything We hope an urgent resolution of this debate because it is our life, access to health and the recognition of freedom that are at stake," he says. the release of all organizations that promote reform.

This was a response to the change of strategy, which he reported yesterday
THE NACION of some of the most active references in support of the reform: before the strong advance of lawmakers who demand changes and to avoid a rejection that would defeat the initiative , they anticipated that they would try to hear with modifications, which would force the text to come back in a second revision to the deputies.

Led by the head of the Argentine federal interlock, Miguel Pichetto, the new strategy aims to reverse a scenario that is unfavorable for the legalization project, now a minority in both plenary commissions and throughout the body. In the same way, Humberto Schiavoni (Change-Missions) understood that in the morning he was open to introducing changes, although he said that the decision had to be made. Closer next Wednesday, date set for the publication of the Opinion

The idea of ​​an alternative opinion is promoted from the first moment by the Cordoba Senators. The most important of the changes that they promote is to shorten the legal abortion period from 14 to 12 weeks of pregnancy. It also proposes to include the institutional conscientious objection and the elimination of the criminalization of doctors who refuse to abort in case of emergency.

The motivations of the new strategy were not enough to avoid the rejection of another group of senators, "We, as a block of FPV-PJ, will not accompany any changes At the law, we want to vote the project as it comes from the deputies, because it conveys the will of the majority of women in our country, country and national campaign, "he said. .
THE NACION Anabel Fernández Sagasti (Mendoza)

In the same vein, his colleague Nancy González (Chubut) is manifested. "Our wish is to prepare an opinion with the draft that has been approved by the Deputies," he said, and warned that they would accept changes only if they had the support of the National Campaign. The Kirchner Block has nine members, representing about a third of the senators who support the reform.

In co-ordination with the leaders of the main organizations promoting the initiative, MP Victoria Donda (Southern Free) sent a message to the senators: "They must know that if the bill is not not adopted, by 2019, they will install it as the central axis of the electoral campaign and they will have to explain to the 2 million women who will be in the street to bring out the law. "

The rejection of the introduction of changes was also felt in Federal Argentina." I do not believe that the changes will help us convince the undecided, because the differences from the project are fundamental differences, " did he declare.
THE NACION Alfredo Luenzo (Chubut). The senator asked to wait for the meeting that his interblock will have Tuesday to define the steps to be followed in plenary commissions.

The senator also warned that for a regulatory issue, the strategy of announcing changes so early could be unsuccessful. . He explained that detractors of the reform have the opportunity to leave the plenary of committees without a quorum, so that an opinion can not be issued. He specified that in this case, the project would arrive on the site as voted to the Delegates, which would complicate the idea of ​​introducing modifications.