Opinion: What Argentina's 'green handkerchief' movement is all about - CNN - 0 views
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a majority of its Senate voted yes on a bill to legalize abortion up to 14 weeks into a pregnancy
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President Alberto Fernández has pledged to sign the bill into law, which will make Argentina the largest nation in Latin America to legalize abortion
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This victory comes after decades of feminist advocacy and a women's movement that has demanded its issues be understood as interconnected and overlapping.
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The symbol of this movement has been the green handkerchief, and it has spread across Latin America to symbolize a commitment to women's rights.
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All of those women, but most often the poor ones, risk being maimed or dying if an unsafe abortion goes wrong
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unsafe abortion remains a leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide and women die from unsafe abortions in the highest numbers in nations where it is illegal or difficult to access
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this shows "that we can overcome and resist and continue fighting and eventually succeed, even in the oddest of circumstances possible."