Julia María Rubio

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Activists in favor of the legalization of abortion comfort one another Thursday outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires after senators rejected the bill to legalize abortion. (Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images)

MundoAmérica,

After months of debates and a close favorable vote by the Argentine House in June, the Argentine Senate has voted down a bill that would have legalized abortion. Despite House support and a large feminist mobilization on behalf of the bill, the Senate — which over-represents the votes of rural and conservative constituencies — rejected the bill, 38 to 31.

Here are five things to know about the politics of legalizing abortion in Argentina.

1. The law would have been a big advance for proponents of legalized abortion in Latin America

This project proposed to change Argentina’s criminal code, under which abortion is illegal except when the life of the mother is endangered, or if the pregnancy comes from a rape or an attack committed on a mentally impaired woman.…  Seguir leyendo »