translated from Spanish: Alberto Fernández reiterated that he will present in 2020 a bill to legalize abortion

The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, on Tuesday reiterated his commitment to present in 2020 a bill to legalize abortion and has stated that he is “determined that this issue should be addressed” and end the “hypocrisy”.” We need to guarantee everyone, everything: the woman who wants to have an abortion, that she can do it and the woman who wants to have it, that she can have it,” she said, in an interview with continental broadcaster. Boca-River”, in reference to the two main football teams in the country. “We have to end the logic that says ‘the green handkerchief is poor and the sky handkerchief is a retrograde’,” he said. In recent months there have been mobilizations in Argentina where supporters of the legalization of abortion have carried green handkerchiefs in the demonstrations, while the handkerchief emerged as a movement to respond to this demand.” They are looks, they are all respectable religious positions,” said Fernandez, who has opted for “solving a public health problem,” given that “the woman who aborts puts her life at risk.” My decision is to send the project in this 2020 financial year. I would like a wise debate, not the one we had,” he stressed, according to the Argentine newspaper ‘Clarín’. In this regard, the Argentine representative has argued that it is necessary to broaden the spectrum of the debate and address the situation of “transit families, define rapid adoption mechanisms and improve contraceptive education”.” These are discussions of Argentine hypocrisy, that’s why I get so exasperated with the subject. Many times, abortions are the daughters of wealthy families who go to Mass but cannot bear the opprobrium of having a single daughter with a son,” she said. Let’s end the hypocrisy. The woman who wants to have an abortion, is going to have an abortion, and the woman who wants to have a child, who has it. And let’s give him the conditions for his son to live happily in the world,” he has settled. The new Government of Argentina reported on 13 December the new protocol of action for non-punishable abortion cases, such as rape or in cases where there are risks to mothers, with the aim of “updating” the project that the previous Executive Mauricio Macri decided to annul. Months ago, under Macri’s rule, some doctors were sued to justice for performing abortions even though they were permitted by Argentine law. The new protocol, carried out under the standards set by the World Salid Organization (WHO), seeks to avoid such situations. The issue of abortion is a highly controversial issue in Argentina. Shortly before Macri’s departure from the Government, the Secretary of Health, Adolfo Rubinstein, submitted his resignation, after he unilaterally tried to apply a similar protocol and encounter the corresponding refusal of the then government Conservative.

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