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    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.
    by Scott Neuman Aug 09, 2018 1 minute
    An abortion-rights activist reacts outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, on Thursday to news that the Senate voted to reject a bill that would have legalized abortion.

    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

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