The legal abortion project in Congress is presented for the eighth time

On Tuesday, May 28, the National Conference's Lost March Hall will be the scene of the new presentation of the Bill of abortion (IVE), from the Campaign for Legal, safe and free abortion. This will be the eighth time, one year after the beginning of the debate. The choice of the date is not occasional: # 28M is the International Day of Action for Women's Health. In addition, 14 years after the first presentation, in 2007. The project includes some amendments that were pbaded last year and it is expected to obtain more than 70 signatures of support from legislators, the maximum reached so far.

The wait is to get more than 70 signatures of support from legislators

Among other things, it is incorporated that Any woman or "other identity having a gestational capacity" will have the right to decide to terminate her pregnancy until week 14. Outside these periods, only the causes of violation or risk of life for the woman or the pregnant person are considered. It also includes articles on ESI and badual and reproductive rights. The conscientious objection of health professionals was excluded. And it states that no woman or person with a gestation capacity can be penalized.

June 14 will be the year of the average historic sanction of deputies, with 129 votes in favor, 125 against and one abstention. On August 3, the Senate finally rejected the law with 38 votes against, 31 for and 2 abstentions. Then, in the streets, the campaign felt stronger, especially among the young women who invaded Plaza del Congreso both days. This Tuesday, we expect them to do it again, in the same way in places from different parts of the country, which will be added to the "federal handkerchief"

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"This new presentation is supported by the huge grbadroots events that took place in 2018, which has made visible the social decriminalization of abortion and the claim of the state to the sanction of an indispensable law so that women and gestables can access a basic human right, such as the choice of their bodies, "they explain. Campaign for legal, safe and free abortion.

A few days ago, some of its members went to the Cannes Film Festival, where artists like Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar lent their support by posing with green scarves to accompany the presentation of Juan Solanas documentary Que es ley which reflects the struggle for legalization. in the country.

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