Uruguay Congress votes to legalize abortion

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Pro abortion activists demonstrate in front of the Uruguayan congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Uruguay's congress appeared ready on Tuesday to legalize abortion, a groundbreaking move in Latin America, where no country save Cuba has made abortions accessible to all women during the first trimester of pregnancy. The sign reads in Spanish "legal abortion." (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)Uruguay's Congress has voted by a razor-thin margin to legalize abortion, a groundbreaking move in Latin America.

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