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Abortion-rights activists watch live video streaming of lawmakers in session, outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina
FEMINIST and abortion rights activists erupted into celebration in Buenos Aires early today after the passage of a law legalising abortion in Argentina.
Thousands of campaigners took to the streets of the capital on Tuesday night and waited outside the Senate building until the result of a vote on the legislation was announced at 4am the following morning.
There were loud cheers and joyous tears at the news that the Bill, which legalises abortion at up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, had been passed with 38 votes in favour, 29 against and one abstention.
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As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports