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World in Progress: Abortion

June 1, 2022

Argentina made history by becoming the largest Latin American country to legalize abortion. Although now legal, finding a doctor who is willing to perform the procedure is a different matter altogether. In other Latin American countries, the procedure is still banned outright.

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