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Argentine Senate weighs fate of abortion in pope's homeland

by Debora Rey & Almudena Calatrava
| December 29, 2020 2:06 PM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The decades-long fight by Argentine women’s groups for legal abortion was being decided by the Senate in a debate that spilled into the early hours of Wednesday before a vote that could change the outlook for the procedure across a continent where it is still largely illegal.

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