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Bill legalizing abortion passed in pope's native Argentina

by Debora Rey & Almudena Calatrava
| December 30, 2020 1:30 AM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina on Wednesday became the largest nation in Latin America to legalize elective abortion, a triumph for a feminist movement that overcame a last-minute appeal by Pope Francis to his compatriots and could pave the way for similar actions across the socially conservative, heavily Roman Catholic region.

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