Posted on 12/16/2020 5:48:38 PM PST by marshmallow
The Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that would permit abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy and allow it at any time for health reasons or in the case of rape
Argentina's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill to decriminalize abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, despite vocal opposition from the country's Catholic bishops.
Lawmakers approved the legislation in the early hours of Dec. 11, voting 131-117 after debating through the night. The bill would allow abortion at any time for health reasons or in the case of rape. The version approved by the lower house was modified to allow more provisions for conscientious objection and to require patients under the age of 16 to have the permission of at least one parent or guardian.
It now goes to the Senate for debate. A similar proposal was narrowly voted down by the country's Senate in 2018 after being approved by the lower house.
Pro-life demonstrators dressed in blue and abortion rights activists clutching green handkerchiefs maintained vigils near the Congress in Buenos Aires as the bill was debated.
Days earlier, the president of the Argentine bishops' conference had called on lawmakers to "reflect" as they prepared to debate the bill. If it becomes law, Argentina would become the third country in Latin America to legalize abortion, following Uruguay and Cuba.
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and they should take into consideration that God did not forgive Judah for practicing child sacrifice but gave a reprieve while the Kings did not follow that evil practice.
2 Kings 24:3&4 Surely at the command of the Lord it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, 4 and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the Lord would not forgive.
And to think how hard all those Catholic missionaries worked to bring the natives into the fold......
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