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Argentina joins international declaration against abortion

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Argentina's ultrarightist government has joined the Geneva Consensus Declaration, an international alliance that condemns abortion.
  • The declaration reaffirms the protection of human life and the family as fundamental societal elements.
  • Argentina's existing law guarantees access to free and legal abortion up to 14 weeks of gestation.

Argentina's government, led by ultrarightist President Javier Milei, has officially joined the Geneva Consensus Declaration, an international coalition that opposes abortion. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the declaration "reaffirms the protection of human life and the family as the natural and fundamental element of society."

reaffirms the protection of human life and the family as the natural and fundamental element of society.

— Argentine Ministry of Foreign AffairsDescribing the core tenets of the Geneva Consensus Declaration.

The Geneva Consensus Declaration, a conservative alliance, was initially signed in October 2020, with support from leaders like then-U.S. President Donald Trump and then-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. The coalition asserts that there is no international right to abortion and emphasizes the sovereignty of each nation in setting its own public health laws and policies.

Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno announced the country's accession on social media, stating that Argentina would "contribute leadership, diplomatic capacity, and regional projection to an agenda founded on human dignity and the sovereignty of nations." The signing ceremony was attended by the U.S. Ambassador to Buenos Aires, Peter Lamelas, and Bethany Kozma from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

We are joining this coalition to contribute leadership, diplomatic capacity, and regional projection to an agenda founded on human dignity and the sovereignty of nations.

— Pablo QuirnoArgentine Foreign Minister, explaining the rationale for joining the declaration.

Ambassador Lamelas noted that over 40 countries are part of the initiative and expressed hope for more nations in the hemisphere to join. Milei, who has frequently voiced his opposition to abortion, aligns with Trump on foreign policy matters. Despite this new international stance, Argentina's law on voluntary interruption of pregnancy, enacted in January 2021, continues to guarantee access to free and legal abortion up to 14 weeks of gestation throughout the national health system.

Over 40 countries are already part of this initiative. We hope more nations from our hemisphere will join.

— Peter LamelasU.S. Ambassador to Buenos Aires, commenting on the international scope of the declaration.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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