 In March 2012 the supreme court has ruled that abortion in case of rape or threat to women's life is legal and that an affidavit of being raped is enough to allow a legal abortion.It also ruled that provincial governments should write protocols for the request and treatment of legal abortions in case of rape or life threat

In early 2018, after years of lobbying by different groups, the Argentine Congress began working towards a draft project to legalize abortion and to potentially provide it free of charge in all national clinics.Opinions remained divided, with different points of view in all parties (the initial project was launched with 71 signatures from congress members from all parties).