Here's What Argentina's Abortion Vote Means for Latin America

Aug 08, 2018, 11:26 AM

For years, Latin America's tough abortion laws looked unlikely to change. Not only does the anti-abortion Catholic Church continue to exert a profound influence on public life, most major political parties also maintain a hard line on the issue. And so for more than 97% of the 345 million women living in the region, abortion is almost always illegal, as well as unsafe.