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YN -> RE: Uruguay approves first trimester abortions (10/20/2012 2:07:55 PM)
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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl
But Uruguay’s new law has been criticized by some pro-choice groups for not going far enough: The law stipulates that women have to meet with a board of medical experts and explain the “economic, social, family, or age difficulties that in her view stand in the way of continuing the pregnancy,” according to the bill. The board will explain the alternatives and the woman will then have five days to reflect on her decision. The bill’s conditions, some argue, don’t allow a woman to make her own free decision.
No wonder why pro-choice groups are complaining.
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certain feminists and women's groups
Feminist groups were not even included in your article. Can you explain what their argument is and a source of that information would be appreciated.
Most the commentary and discussion is in Spanish an Portuguese. If you can translate a search will reveal terabytes of the discussions.
I inspected the matter in the Anglo press to present the article in the original post, perhaps this better shows the magnitude of the law.
http://world.time.com/2012/10/19/uruguay-diverges-from-a-continent-where-abortion-is-a-crime-worse-than-rape/
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To better understand the importance of what Uruguay’s Congress did this week, consider what Argentina’s Supreme Court had to do last week. It ruled that a woman who had been kidnapped, forced to work in a prostitution ring and raped must be permitted to have the abortion she sought. Argentine law allows abortion in cases of rape or when the woman’s life is in danger, but a lower-court, anti-abortion judge had insisted—in spite of everything the 32-year-old woman had gone through—that there was no proof of a rape. In fact, the supreme court said that the lower court judge, Miriam Rustan de Estrada, had helped leak the woman’s identity and whereabouts to anti-abortion protesters, so they could demonstrate in front of her home shouting, “Murderer!”
is a sample from the Time article.
However while this may not meet the standards in The United States for abortion rights, recall this is the legalization of abortion outside of rape or health of the mother, think of it as a child's first steps. Women in certain Latin American countries, along with the persons providing the abortions may face many years in prison for abortion. Even Chavez in Venezuela is not ready to face the public on this issue.
(Apparently Guyana also has legitimatized abortions, but as an English nation they generally are not considered.)
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