after that parliamentary defeatit forced him Abandoning the so-called Omnibus Law, at least temporarily The far right, which is trying to implement radical reforms in all areas of Argentine life, has submitted a bill to the House of Representatives. Repeal of the law on voluntary termination of pregnancy. The initiative describes abortion as a “crime” punishable by severe penalties. Up to 15 years imprisonment.
In 2018, during the right-wing government of Mauricio Macri and amid strong social mobilizations, lawmakers gave the green light to legalize abortion. However, it was rejected by the senators. Law 27.610 was finally approved in December 2020, in the midst of the pandemic and under the presidency of Peronist Alberto Fernández. Mass demonstrations of the feminist movementIt is known as the green wave. Controversy over this rule was also felt on the streets of the city of Buenos Aires. Catholic and Pentecostal churches also publicly expressed their rejection of the project.
In the new political context arising from the election of Javier Milei to the presidency, demands for the elimination of the right protected by the Parliament, which allows the legal termination of pregnancy up to the 14th week, were reactivated.
La Libertad Avanza’s offer returns Argentina before 1921A reform was made that stipulated that abortion could be performed in cases of rape. In the ruling party’s project, “The judge may decide to exempt the woman from punishment depending on the reasons that prompted the woman to commit the crime, her subsequent attitude and the nature of the incident.” provision is included. “With regard to the impunity of abortion in pregnancies resulting from rape, we have decided to eliminate the ground of impunity because we understand that this has been systematically interpreted as a justification for the practice.”
The ruling party decided to promote this law because “the enormous crisis our country is experiencing is not only political or economic” but also “fundamentally moral”. The project, authored by Santa Fe state legislator Rocío Belén Bonacci, was signed by, among other members of that delegation, Lilia Lemoine, a cosplayer close to Milei who overlooked her doubts about the roundness of the earth.
“If the person who performs an abortion acts without the woman’s consent, he is punished with imprisonment or imprisonment from three to ten years. If the death of the woman occurs after the act, this penalty can be increased to 15 years.” suggested. Against this, “If the action is taken with the consent of the woman, imprisonment or imprisonment from one to four years.”
Proponents of this law seek to “eliminate the unfair and arbitrary distinction that current language draws between abortions performed before the 14th week without criminal charges and abortions performed after that period, in the belief that the distinction in question sets a dangerous precedent by actually creating categories of people”.
Far-right MPs made a strong case for “pro-life” in their presentation. The beginning of human life “has long been clarified by science.” Modern genetics has “shown that from the moment of fertilization a new individual of the human species is formed, with its own chromosomal load and a characteristic that makes it a different entity from its mother.”
The fate of the Omnibus Law
In this context, another official MP, Carlos D’Alessandro, gave the following assurance: The government may definitely withdraw the Omnibus Law project He stated that certain articles could not pass the voting stage and were sent back to the committee for reconsideration. “We have received word that the executive branch does not plan to send any legislation this year, so I understand that this omnibus bill will be withdrawn,” he said.
The parliament’s defeat enraged Milei, who was in Jerusalem at the time this legal instrument collapsed. Capitalist anarcho from Israel attacked lawmakers who blocked the initiative from moving forward. “The political caste, which we call a group of criminals who want a worse Argentina because they do not want to give up their privileges, have begun to dismantle our laws to support their mechanisms for stealing from Argentines.”