The People vs. the Parliament in Argentina
(WorldNews Health)

Hundreds of thousands of people calling for legal, safe and free abortion on demand in Argentina showed their outrage on August 9 when they gathered in the early morning in the pouring rain after the Senate voted down a bill that would have both decriminalized abortion and allowed free access to the procedure in public and private hospitals. Despite this disappointing blow to reproductive rights, the headway made in Latin America to legalize safe and accessible abortion - dubbed the `green tide` after the bandannas worn by women´s rights activists around the continent - will be invaluable to future struggles. The Senate vote against the bill came a few months after the lower house of...