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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Anna-Catherine Brigida

Argentina eases access to 'morning after pill', broadening reproductive rights

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators in favour of legalizing abortion protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo

Argentina will no longer require a prescription to obtain emergency contraception, commonly known as the 'morning after pill', the government said on Wednesday, broadening reproductive rights in the traditionally conservative South American country.

The Catholic country and homeland of Pope Francis approved a law allowing abortion up to 14 weeks in December 2020, part of a wave of liberalizing legislation around the region, even as the United States further north has seen abortion access tightened.

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