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Three weeks before the Senate vote on a project to legalize abortion in Argentina, already approved by the Chamber of Deputies, supporters and opponents of the proposal deploy their last efforts in a frantic race to convince parliamentarians
At the head of the campaign for a legal, safe and free abortion a group of women of different generations drafted the bill already approved with modifications in the first debate
Against this rises the Catholic Church of great influence in the political clbad and ascendency in the population, and groups of other religious beliefs.
Elsa Schvartzman, 67, is a founding member of the campaign for the right to legal abortion in Argentina. Sociologist and professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, he has two children and three grandchildren
The bishop of La Plata, Alberto Bochatey, 62, is the delegate of the Episcopal Conference for a dialogue with the Congress on this question. He has a degree in moral theology in Rome and a master's degree in bioethics.
Both of them answered questions from AFP on the proposal to legalize abortion until the 14th week of gestation. Argentina in the third country of Latin America that authorizes it, after Cuba and Uruguay
– What rights are we talking about? –
The debate leaves to society and the sign is the vote in the Chamber of Deputies: 129 votes for, 125 votes against and one abstention. In the discussions, the word "rights" abounds, that it refers to "women" or "unborn child" .
" It is a subject of human rights, social justice and public health We talk about preventable deaths of women, public health of women, children also who are left without their mother, we are talking about the right to have a dignified life, autonomy, to be able to choose freely. is a question of social justice because abortion does not exist. is not the same for those who can afford it and for those who can not, "says Schvartzman
Bochatey argues rather that" we have the fifth commandment that says' you will not kill "The Church cared for the poorest, the weakest, the most vulnerable, the unborn child The elimination of human lives can not be justified by the law .we can deny the studies of embryology and genetics, there is life before childbirth. went women prisoners for abortion . We propose that the punishment is not a punishment of prison or great punishment. "
– The Debate –
The debate on abortion was one of the richest in parliament, with full days of interventions by scholars and activists. The discussions were repeated in schools, universities workplaces and even among foreigners who intervene or show solidarity in the street.
"One of the objectives of the campaign was to work on the cultural change We have accomplished a lot, what we call social decriminalization, we managed to talk about abortion, that we discuss, it's on the street, it stops d & # 39; To be taboo it ceases to be stigmatizing. At this moment, it is unavoidable, "says Schvartzman
Bochatey, however, questions the legitimacy of the debate." Is it a crime or is it a right? abortion say it's a right. Eliminate a human life many say it's a crime. I can not debate whether or not I can commit a crime, it would not be a democratic debate. "
– Assault –
Since the beginning of the debate, the demonstrations have multiplied with a green handkerchief, those who are against with a celestial but there are also reports of attacks, intimidations and threats.
Even, a video of girls and boys from a Catholic school became viral not military, all with blue handkerchiefs, filmed during an Independence Day Act
" There have been physical persons They were attacked by local vandals, in others they wrote on the sidewalks or the front. There are companions who were attacked for wearing the green handkerchief . There are very serious situations in social networks, "says Schvartzman.
But Bochatey responds and badures that " in the Institutional Church no bishop has threatened anyone with anything and less with excommunication. There are groups of citizens of all colors. If there is anyone who attacked and painted the churches or cathedral, it is the pro-abortion groups . "
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