Notes on Church-State Affairs
ARGENTINALast 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 falle...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2021, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 352-364 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church
/ State
/ Argentina
/ Austria
/ Belgium
/ China
/ Egypt
/ Eritrea
/ France
/ Germany
/ Guatemala
/ Hungary
/ India
/ Indonesia
/ Iraq
/ Kenya
/ Mexico
/ New Zealand
/ Nigeria
/ Pakistan
/ Palestine
/ Philippines
/ Russia
/ Spain
/ Tajikistan
/ USA
/ Great Britain
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBB German language area KBD Benelux countries KBF British Isles KBG France KBH Iberian Peninsula KBK Europe (East) KBL Near East and North Africa KBM Asia KBQ North America KBR Latin America SA Church law; state-church law |
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| Summary: | ARGENTINALast 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 bill passed the lower house of congress in December. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csab024 |