Argentina Legalizes Abortion In Historic Senate Vote : NPR - 0 views
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Argentina's Senate voted early Wednesday to legalize elective abortion, marking a historic shift in the heavily Catholic country that is the homeland of Pope Francis
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the Senate passed the bill 38-29 with one abstention just over two weeks after the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Argentina's Congress, narrowly approved the measure.
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"Today we took a huge step and we are getting closer to the Argentina we dream of. We are writing our destiny, we are making history."
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