Argentina: Abortion Delays for Rape Survivor Amount to Torture

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012.  The decision by Argentina’s Supreme Court to allow a rape survivor to have her pregnancy terminated is a step forward for women’s rights in the country, Amnesty International said today.

The country’s top court yesterday blocked an injunction previously issued by a lower court to halt the abortion requested by a 32-year-old who had been held in captivity by a trafficking gang.

“The unnecessary delays in the procedure requested by…