The guide was updated in June 2010. [86] It was originally announced as a ministerial decision, a fact that had to be denied by Health Minister Juan Manzur. [87] In 2015, the Ministry of Health updated the Guide for the Management of Non-Punishable Abortion, which considers legal termination of pregnancy a woman`s right and for the first time includes mental health as a ground for requesting non-punishable abortion. [88] Many Argentine state universities support the legalization of abortion. In 1995, the first unpunished abortion for fetal anencephaly was approved by Argentine courts. [17] With the restoration and consolidation of democracy in December 1983, steady progress began in the feminist movement`s demand for recognition of the right to abortion. As early as 1984, the National Congress adopted Law No. 23.077, which lifted the restrictions on abortion introduced by the dictatorship and attributed the situation concerning non-criminal abortions to what was sanctioned in 1921 (Article 86, Criminal Code). [24] Article 1: Purpose. The purpose of this law is to regulate access to abortion and post-abortion treatment in accordance with the commitments made by the Argentine State with regard to public health and the human rights of women and persons with other gender identities with the capacity to become pregnant and to contribute to the reduction of avoidable morbidity and mortality. In 2001, the Supreme Court allowed the abortion of an anencephalic pregnancy, even though it presented it as «a verdict in favor of life» and that it was neither an abortion, nor a eugenic abortion, nor a kind of euthanasia. [32] The neo-Nazi-inspired Neighborhood Flag Party[143] under the leadership of the controversial Alejandro Biondini also defines in its program: «We support the defense of life from conception to natural death.
We consider abortion a crime and reject any initiative to affect the existence of a single unborn child. We claim the family as a fundamental pillar of our community. [144] Cecilia Pando has also spoken out against abortion. Health workers must respect and ensure the treatment of abortions in accordance with the scope and definition of the World Health Organization. Assistance shall be provided in accordance with standards of quality, accessibility, technical competence, range of available options and up-to-date scientific information. As a result of this decision, several protocols for the practice of non-criminal abortions were developed, listing the causes for which it is possible to perform this type of abortion and the requirements that may be required of the pregnant person. But the inclusion of protocols was uneven from province to province. Induced abortion is a crime if it was caused after the fourteenth week, except in cases of rape, therapeutic abortion or circumstances that make the behaviour excusable; in this case, the penalty is between three months and one year`s imprisonment (article 88 of the Criminal Code).
Outside the period established in the previous paragraph, an abortion performed with the consent of the pregnant person is not punishable: those who do not directly carry out the practice of interruption may not be «refuseniks», such as those who, for example, must guarantee: ultrasound, blood pressure or temperature measurement, follow-up after abortion, administration of the drug, anesthesia, among others. Law 27.610 regulates access to voluntary and legal termination of pregnancy and postabortion follow-up for all pregnant persons. It is mandatory throughout the country. Artists, athletes and journalists have spoken out against the decriminalization of abortion: former Pumas players Manuel and Felipe Contepomi; actress Susana Romero; musicians César `Banana` Pueyrredón, Juan Carlos Saravia[146] and Juanse; The Golden Triplets, host and chef Maru Botana, models Nicole Neumann[147] and Wanda Nara; [148] and journalists Mariano Obarrio, Eduardo Feinmann, Gustavo Tubio, Carlos Monti, Toti Pasman, Amalia Granata, Viviana Canosa, Rolando Hanglin, and Gastón Recondo. [149] [150] [151] [152] On May 26, 2018, the newspaper La Nación published the results of an investigation commissioned by «Unidad Provida» on behalf of the consulting firm Isonomía.