Abstract
ARGENTINA Last November, Argentine President Alberto Fernández introduced a bill to legalize abortion. When asked how he thought Argentine Pope Francis I would respond, Fernández hoped the pope would not be angry with him. Over half of Argentines are Catholic—though that percentage has recently fallen—and the Church has long condemned abortion. In a handwritten note, Pope Francis asked, “Is it fair to eliminate a human life to solve a problem? Is it fair to hire a hit man to solve a problem?” Supporters of legalization claim that abortions will continue regardless of its legal status; they hope this bill would provide safe alternatives so women would not seek unsafe, clandestine abortions. The possible success of this bill may point to a cultural and religious sea-change in the pope’s native land. For now, twenty other Latin American countries completely ban abortion while many others allow it only in severe circumstances. The...
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