Uruguay abortion poll is won by single vote
Source: Scotsman
Uruguay abortion poll is won by single vote
Published on Thursday 27 September 2012 00:00
Uruguay has voted by a razor-thin margin to legalise abortion, becoming only the second country in Latin America to make abortions accessible to all women during the first trimester of pregnancy.
The vote in Uruguays chamber of deputies was 50-49 after several MPs on each side of the debate said they could not in good conscience go along with their parties, and allowed substitutes to vote in their stead.
President Jose Mujica has said he will allow the legislation to become law, if the senate
approves the changes. The senate has approved an even more liberal version of the abortion measure.
The chamber of deputies
legislation would give women the right to a legal abortion
during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, and decriminalise later-term abortions when the mothers life is at
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Politicub
(12,165 posts)Glad that the measure passed.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)NC_Nurse
(11,646 posts)marijuana as well. Perhaps they will end up being the land of the free someday, while we slip into a police state and debt slavery.
Beacool
(30,247 posts)Hopefully it's a trend that will catch on.