Uruguay is set to legalise first trimester abortions, after its senate
voted 17-14 in favour of new legislation. The bill had previously been approved
by the senate, but was later watered down to appease conservative members of
the lower house.
The Uruguayan Senate has voted 17-14 to legalize all first trimester
abortions in a groundbreaking step in Latin America. The Wednesday vote came
after senators accepted a compromise measure that has frustrated both sides of
the bitter abortion debate. The Senate had already approved a more liberal
version of the proposed law, but concessions made to gain the votes of more
socially conservative members of Uruguay's lower house forced a second vote. President
Jose Mujica plans to sign it, unlike his predecessor Tabare Vazquez, an
oncologist who had threatened to veto it.
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