Uruguayans Support Legalizing Abortion

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Source: Angus Reid

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - A majority of people in Uruguay support the decriminalization of abortion, according to a poll by Factum published in El Espectador. 61 per cent of respondents are in favour of legislation that would allow women to resort to an abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Under current Uruguayan legislation, women can only terminate a pregnancy in cases of rape, risk to the mother or fetal defects. Several bills to legalize abortion have been previously defeated by the country’s legislators.

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In January, EP senator Margarita Percovich announced she would re-submit a proposal to Congress to legalize abortion. Percovich said the new bill would address pregnancy termination as a matter of "human rights" and not as a health care topic.

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The Senate is currently discussing a law which would allow women to resort to an abortion on the first 12 weeks of gestation, and also—as stated in existing legislation—in cases of rape, risk to the mother or fetal defects. Do you support or oppose this law?

Support
61%

Oppose
27%

Not sure
12%

Read more: http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/15939