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The government of Argentinapresided over by the ultraliberal Javier Mileidecided to “redesign” the National Plan for the Prevention of Involuntary Pregnancy in Adolescents (Plan ENIA), ending the contracts of 619 consultants associated with it.
“It doesn’t even close (the ENIA Plan), is not disassembled or trimmed. It’s ordered“, highlighted the Ministry of Health of the South American country in the last few hours in a message published on the social networkclosing“,”disassembly” any “cut“of the plan.
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He ENIA Plan It was implemented in 2018, during the presidency of the conservative Mauricio Macri (2015-2019), and remained valid during the Peronist mandate Alberto Fernández (2019-2023).
By March last year, the prevention plan had reduced the adolescent fertility rate in the South American country by more than ten points, according to official data from the Ministry of Health, collected on the Argentine verification portal Verified.
This trend is a milestone in a country where the problem of teenage pregnancy, most of which is involuntary and occurs in the most marginal areas of Argentina, remained above the average for the Latin American region between 1950 and 2015, according to a set of reports. NGO Cipppecthe Population Fund of United Nations (UNFPA) and the Fund United Nations Children (UNICEF).
O “redefinition of skills among Nation and the provinces attacked by current Government within the scope of changes in the ENIA Plan They would represent savings of 1,150 million pesos (1.29 million dollars), according to the Ministry of Health.
“If the provinces wish to continue with the aforementioned contracts, they may do so under their own assessment and solvency.“, the ministry said in a statement.
In its first months of government, the Executive of Milei opened the door several times to criminalize abortion again in Argentinalegal in Argentina since 2020, after a long political process and amid intense mobilizations from the feminist movements from the country.
Last February, Rocio Bonaccilegislator of Advances of Freedom (LLA), the far-right political force led by Milei, presented a bill to repeal the law on voluntary termination of pregnancy and incorporate sentences of up to three years in prison for women who abort.
In turn, the Argentine president even described the abortion in “homicide aggravated by bond”, but his team recognizes that his revocation “This is not part of his immediate agenda.”
Source: Elcomercio
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