Argentina legalises abortion after green wave protests. Here’s why it could lead to a broader push for women’s rights in Latin America

Argentinian politicians have passed a bill to legalise abortion in a groundbreaking move for Latin America, a region that has long opposed the practice on religious grounds.

Currently, women who have an abortion in Argentina — and even those who assist them with the procedure — can face prosecution.

There are only exemptions in cases of rape or if pregnancy poses a risk to the mother’s health.

The new bill, which permits abortions up until the 14th week of pregnancy, faced 12 hours of heated debate in the Senate, reflecting months of national division on the issue.

It passed in the early morning, 38 in favour to 29 against, with one abstention.

‘It means fewer women dying in clandestine abortions’

In the streets of Buenos Aires, where…