Argentina's Senate Rejects Legalizing Abortion, Dashing Hopes Of Rights Advocates
After 16 hours of debate, the country's Senate voted 38 to 31 against a measure passed earlier by the lower house of Congress that would have allowed abortions through the 14th week of pregnancy.
The Senate in predominately Roman Catholic Argentina has rejected a law that would have legalized abortion, rebuffing a grass-roots abortion-rights movement.
Senate lawmakers voted 38 to 31 against the measure, which would have allowed abortion for the first 14 weeks
