In Buenos Aires, women protested on Thursday in support of legalizing abortion.

在布宜諾斯艾利斯，婦女週四舉行抗議活動，支持墮胎合法化。

This comes days ahead of an upper house vote on an abortion bill backed by the center left president, Alberto Fernandez, who called the procedure a public health issue.

這是在上議院對一項由中左翼總統阿爾貝託-費爾南德斯支持的墮胎法案進行投票之前的幾天，他稱該程序是一個公共衛生問題。

Brenda Hamilton is one of the protesters.

布倫達-漢密爾頓是抗議者之一。

Today we are once again on the streets because this is where we always win our rights.

今天，我們再次走上街頭，因為這裡是我們永遠贏得權利的地方。

We know that the debate in the Senate is much more difficult.

我們知道，參議院的辯論要困難得多。

For that reason, we have to continue our efforts.

為此，我們必須繼續努力。

If passed, Argentina would become the first large Latin American nation to legalize the procedure on broad grounds, allowing women to abort a pregnancy at up to 14 weeks.

如果獲得通過，阿根廷將成為第一個在廣泛的基礎上將該程序合法化的拉美大國，允許婦女在懷孕14周以內墮胎。

The bill is now more likely than ever to pass after going through the lower house last week, although it still faces challenges.

該法案在上週通過下議院後，現在比以往任何時候都更有可能通過，儘管它仍然面臨挑戰。

The Roman Catholic Church, influential in Latin America, prohibits abortions unless the pregnancy was a result of rape or puts a mother's health at risk.

在拉丁美洲有影響力的羅馬天主教會禁止墮胎，除非懷孕是強姦的結果或母親的健康受到威脅。

Campaigners are calling for the church to stay out of politics.

競選者呼籲教會不要參與政治。

Previous attempts to legalize abortion have failed, most notably in 2018 in a 38 to 31 narrow Senate vote under a conservative led government.

以前的墮胎合法化嘗試都失敗了，最明顯的是2018年在保守派上司的政府下，參議院以38比31的微弱投票結果。

Campaigners say that the tie breaking vote, if needed, will go to former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, now vice president and Senate head.

競選者說，如果需要的話，打破平局的投票將由前總統克里斯蒂娜-費爾南德斯-德基什內爾（Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner），現在的副總統和參議院負責人。

The Senate is set to vote on the abortion bill December 29th.

參議院將於12月29日對墮胎法案進行投票。