Rocio Magnani
12/10/2020 11:18 AM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 12/10/2020 1:23 PM
For eleven in the morning of this Thursday, in the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation the beginning of the treatment of the project of Law of Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy (IVE) was scheduled.
It is estimated that the debate will last until the early hours of Friday.
And
demonstrations are expected throughout the day, around the Congress
.
Around noon, the side destined for the militants for legal abortion was much more populated.
On the other side, only about fifty people occupied the sector destined for the opponents.
Before 10 in the morning, this chronicler arrived by subway near the Congress.
In the tunnels - yet - there was no
merchandising
related to the debate.
By the norms of the pandemic, the cars of line A were semi-empty, taking
only essential workers
, the only ones authorized to use them.
"The green side" around the National Congress, this Thursday morning .. Photo: Luciano Thieberger.
The
Congreso station on line A was disabled
, as in other public demonstrations.
What is added to the closure of other stations due to the coronavirus: from Lima, the next authorized stop is Plaza Miserere.
On Av. De Mayo and July 9, music by Marilina Bertoldi was heard from one of the stages set up by the group in favor of the legalization of abortion.
Still on that corner, seven blocks from Congress,
there were no protesters in the streets
and the police were sheltering from the sun.
"Morite Berni," says a graffiti on the low shutter of the Hotel Castelar, which in 2018 functioned as a bunker for the Campaign for the right to legal, safe and free abortion, and which closed during the pandemic.
A kiosk offered
green handkerchiefs for 150 pesos
.
"Let's hope there will be a lot of sales, we come from very bad months," said the owner.
On the Congress building, on the green side, the first banners were beginning to be seen identifying left-wing parties and union groups.
Session in the National Chamber of Deputies Photo Juan Manuel Foglia
Since Wednesday, "green" and "blue" groups had begun their vigil.
A fence divides the Plaza Congreso in half, from Callao avenue to Paraná street.
The side of Callao Avenue, up to Corrientes Avenue, is intended for those who are in favor of the project.
While on the side of Entre Ríos avenue, up to Belgrano, there will be those who oppose the initiative, referenced with the blue scarves.
In the surroundings of the Congress, there is a perimeter of nine blocks by eight in which vehicles will not be able to circulate.
It is comprised of Cerrito, Belgrano, Sarandí and Corrientes streets.
The green side
"Legal abortion", "Huelga femininja", "Down with the system", say the stamps of some caps that are sold at 300 pesos.
The "fair" starts in a block from the Congress.
A few meters away,
the first rally
of the "Coordinator without borders of feminist football" began.
At 17 there will be "a picadito" and later, "when it is assembled".
Luciana Bachi, a Racing player, told
Clarín
that they were waiting for the half penalty.
"We have been activating it for years and we believe that the desire of women has to be law, activating the desire in any field, the desire to play, the desire to decide."
Session in the National Chamber of Deputies Photo Juan Manuel Foglia
The deputy of the Left Front Romina del Plá expressed that there are many elements to think that in the early morning of tomorrow the project is approved.
"The claim of the green tide has been incessant since 2018," he said.
Eduardo Cuervo (35), from Venezuela, wore a chinstrap and a multicolored flag.
She sells pins with the legal abortion scarf for 80 pesos, green hair bows for 120 pesos and masks for 200. "I support this cause because we have to respect the body of women, it has to be legal both here and in Venezuela. I have two friends in Venezuela who had clandestine abortions and died at the age of 25 and 20 due to hemorrhages. They went to a clandestine clinic, "says Eduardo.
And he adds: "If Argentina approves it, it will be
an example for other countries
. Argentina is a voice that, if activated, will generate a great wave."
"The green side" of the surroundings of the National Congress, this Thursday morning.
Photo Guillermo Rodríguez Adami.
In the "La Granate" tent of the Union of State Workers (UTE), they made a chalk hopscotch on the floor and placed a blackboard: "Why do we teachers demand safe and free legal abortion?" .
"Because I want my girls to have the
right to decide
."
"For a world where all beings that are born are fruits of love", say the first answers.
The celestial side
On the side of the square where those who oppose the legalization of abortion gather, around midday there were few people gathered, around fifty.
On the corner of Alsina and Entre Ríos there are two large screens.
A man sells sandwiches.
In front of Congress, blue or Provida handkerchiefs accompany the debate on the legalization of abortion projects.Photo Guillermo Rodriguez Adami
One of the screens broadcast the recent presentation in Congress on abortion by Deputy Cecilia Moreau, from the Frente de Todos.
"Let him be born, Deputy Cecilia, he is a human being, a human being
is being debated
. They want to kill humans, murderers, we do not want to kill Argentines who were not born yet, the father of genetics, murderers," shouted a girl using a megaphone.
In front of Congress, blue or Provida handkerchiefs accompany the debate on the legalization of abortion projects.Photo Guillermo Rodriguez Adami
"Abortion = genocide, heavenly party
,
"
says a white flag.
Earlier, at 10, a group prayed the Hail Mary and the Our Father for about twenty minutes.
"Ark of life, pray for us," says a man with a megaphone sitting on a white plastic chair.
He is with a pro-life group formed in the 2018 demonstrations.
Of the group Amigos de la vida, by Rafael Castillo, Bruno Abbati said: "I was here in 2018, when the law was rejected and the group emerged. The idea is to stay until the end. By my belief, I think
you can't kill life from conception
. There are other methods. I saw images of fetuses being taken out with forceps in Moscow. They are cut into pieces. We cannot allow that. "
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