press release - Monday, March 8, 2010
promoting a draft law to legalize abortion until the fourteenth week of pregnancy.
New Project Meeting to legalize abortion
New Members Meeting Martin Sabbatella, Vilma Ibarra, Carlos Heller, Ariel Basteiro and Jorge Rivas, launched today, International Women's Day-a bill to legalize abortion up the fourteenth week of pregnancy. "It is imperative that the legalization of abortion is installed permanently in the 2010 legislative agenda," the national deputies, who met last week with Lesbian and Feminists for the Decriminalization of Abortion (LFDA), one of the groups that promote the rule. "We have been working this issue for some time consulting the opinions of specialists and numerous civil society organizations, expressed from the block of new friendships.
"It is necessary to promote existing projects, reinforcing the consensus. There were always projects but never had treatment in the House, explained the
LFDA referents. This project is very important because it proposes to legalize abortion up to week 14 of pregnancy, as has been done recently in Spain. If this law was passed in Argentina will be taking a giant step to meet
women's human rights. " In the past 25 years, there were about 50 initiatives. About
commitment of the members of Fresh Encounter, added: "The commitment of the progressive sectors is essential. They alone can promote the legalization of abortion, which is a key step to end the hypocrisy, the business and torture carried out on the bodies of more than five hundred thousand women who aborted every year. "
At the meeting, which took place at the headquarters of the meeting were present and Ibarra Sabbatella New Encounter and class representatives and
Lesbian Feminists for Decriminalization of Abortion, Veronica Marzano, Gabriela Díaz and María Luisa Peralta Villa.
According to the Ministry of Health of the Nation in Argentina every minute a woman aborts a clandestine manner. Produced between 460,000 and 700,000 illegal abortions a year. On average, each woman faces in her life at least 2 abortions.
Since 1983 at least 3,000 poor women have died as a result of the ban on abortion. Even today, the prohibition of abortion is still among the leading causes of preventable deaths of pregnant women in the country.
More information and contacts:
156589-8885 - 154449-1117 - prensasabbatella@partidoencuentro.org.ar
www.partidoencuentro.org.ar - www.enmoronlohicimos.com
promoting a draft law to legalize abortion until the fourteenth week of pregnancy.
New Project Meeting to legalize abortion
New Members Meeting Martin Sabbatella, Vilma Ibarra, Carlos Heller, Ariel Basteiro and Jorge Rivas, launched today, International Women's Day-a bill to legalize abortion up the fourteenth week of pregnancy. "It is imperative that the legalization of abortion is installed permanently in the 2010 legislative agenda," the national deputies, who met last week with Lesbian and Feminists for the Decriminalization of Abortion (LFDA), one of the groups that promote the rule. "We have been working this issue for some time consulting the opinions of specialists and numerous civil society organizations, expressed from the block of new friendships.
"It is necessary to promote existing projects, reinforcing the consensus. There were always projects but never had treatment in the House, explained the
LFDA referents. This project is very important because it proposes to legalize abortion up to week 14 of pregnancy, as has been done recently in Spain. If this law was passed in Argentina will be taking a giant step to meet
women's human rights. " In the past 25 years, there were about 50 initiatives. About
commitment of the members of Fresh Encounter, added: "The commitment of the progressive sectors is essential. They alone can promote the legalization of abortion, which is a key step to end the hypocrisy, the business and torture carried out on the bodies of more than five hundred thousand women who aborted every year. "
At the meeting, which took place at the headquarters of the meeting were present and Ibarra Sabbatella New Encounter and class representatives and
Lesbian Feminists for Decriminalization of Abortion, Veronica Marzano, Gabriela Díaz and María Luisa Peralta Villa.
According to the Ministry of Health of the Nation in Argentina every minute a woman aborts a clandestine manner. Produced between 460,000 and 700,000 illegal abortions a year. On average, each woman faces in her life at least 2 abortions.
Since 1983 at least 3,000 poor women have died as a result of the ban on abortion. Even today, the prohibition of abortion is still among the leading causes of preventable deaths of pregnant women in the country.
More information and contacts:
156589-8885 - 154449-1117 - prensasabbatella@partidoencuentro.org.ar
www.partidoencuentro.org.ar - www.enmoronlohicimos.com
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