To set up an information system to monitor the application of the Law on Access to Abortion, Proyecto Mirar analyzed official data, such as consultations with the free and confidential sexual and reproductive health hotline 0800-222-3444, which the country`s Ministry of Health uses to provide information on health centers across the country if necessary, and in coordination with the provinces, it removes barriers to access. He stresses that health should be interpreted as „the complete state of physical, mental and social well-being, not just the absence of disease,“ as defined by the WHO. In some cases, it has been interpreted that rape should only be committed against women with the above-mentioned disabilities, so that abortion is not punishable (eugenic abortion). [90] Article 85: The person who causes an abortion is oppressed: Since 1970 and in accordance with the second feminist wave, the first feminist organizations to embark on the struggle for abortion rights have emerged in Argentina. [19] Rabbi Isaac Sacca, Higher Rabbinical Academy of Jerusalem Yehave Daat; President of the Small Rabbinical Council of the Argentine Republic; Founder and President of Menorah, World Youth Organization; Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic Community of Buenos Aires; As a member of the Ethics Committee of the Jewish Community of Argentina, he publicly explained his religion`s position on decriminalization and abortion itself: „When a sperm fertilizes an egg, Hebrew law considers its disintegration a crime, at any stage. There is no logical reason for this. Abortion for the law of Moses is a crime that violates one of humanity`s holiest commandments, namely reproduction and comparable to murder. [175] However, Sacca developed certain mitigating factors in which a therapeutic abortion could be performed as long as the woman`s life is in danger: „Life is an unavailable good for the man. Therefore, our cultural baggage does not allow suicide or advocate pious murder. The doctor, according to the conception of the Law of Moses, is a messenger of G-d to treat people in their illnesses, but he does not have the right to use his knowledge to shorten or take life, like everyone else. The doctor has no more authority than another to talk about life and death, because it is a human matter and not a biological one.

[176] As can be seen, this law highlights the difference between „decriminalization“ and the creation of a right to benefits: it must be decriminalized so that pregnant women can request the termination of their pregnancy without being threatened with sanctions; but beyond that, it is necessary to create a right to social benefits so that the State guarantees access to safe and free abortions. Artists, athletes and journalists spoke out against the decriminalization of abortion: former Pumas players Manuel and Felipe Contepomi; actress Susana Romero; Musicians César `Banana` Pueyrredón, Juan Carlos Saravia[146] and Juanse; Les Triplés d`Or, conductor and conductor Maru Botana, models Nicole Neumann[147] and Wanda Nara; [148] and journalists Mariano Obarrio, Eduardo Feinmann, Gustavo Tubio, Carlos Monti, Toti Pasman, Amalia Granata, Viviana Canosa, Rolando Hanglin, and Gastón Recondo. [149] [150] [151] [152] In 2018, the case was granted parliamentary status after being allowed to deal with the legalization law in the National Congress. On 14 June 2018, the Chamber of Deputies approved half of the assent of the law by 129 votes in favour, 125 against and 1 abstention. [64] [65] [66] The bill was defeated by the Senate after a vote in which 38 senators voted against and 31 in favour; There were also 2 abstentions and one absence. [61] [62] [67] This law regulates voluntary abortion and post-abortion care. This law is promulgated in accordance with the commitments made by the State in the field of public health and the human rights of women and persons with different gender identities with the capacity to become pregnant in order to reduce morbidity and mortality. The Ministry of Health is the agency responsible for enforcing this law. According to Amnesty International, one of the challenges women face in accessing voluntary abortion is the lack of information. They revealed that during the first year of the law`s validity, neither the nation-state, nor the provinces, nor the autonomous city of Buenos Aires conducted dissemination campaigns.

This data is drawn from responses to Amnesty International`s requests for information to the country`s 24 jurisdictions and is complemented by interviews in Catamarca, Tierra del Fuego and Santiago del Estero with health professionals, activists, lawyers and civil society organisations; Surveys of local organizations and testimonies of people who had serious barriers to access to legal abortion. In mid-March 2018, the newspaper Clarín published an article summarizing the results of six surveys conducted by consultants in the country. In each of them, the opinion in favor of the legalization of abortion is in the majority. [102] For its part, the French opinion polling firm Ipsos published its annual survey in 2018, which shows a 74% acceptance of the legalization of abortion in Argentina. It also highlights gaps in access to legal abortion between jurisdictions, as is the case between Corrientes and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. At the party level, the left forces are the only ones to propose in a homogeneous way the defense of the right of access to legal, safe and free abortion. In the 2011 election manifesto, the Left and Workers` Front takes up this point, which was maintained in the subsequent political programmes of this coalition. [197] Students of the Rogelio Yrurtia School of Fine Arts, the National School of Buenos Aires, the Carlos Pellegrini Higher School of Commerce, the School of Ceramics No. 1, Normal 1, Normal 6, Lenguas Vivas, Mariano Moreno, María Elena Walsh, Ramón Padilla Middle School and Cortázar took their schools to demand legal abortion, compliance with the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (ESI) Act and the design of protocols for action in cases of gender-based violence. [231] [232] According to the Ministry of Health`s 2016 Yearbook, 17.6% of maternal mortality is due to abortion-terminated pregnancies.