A female representative in the Argentine parliament demanded that men be granted The right to refuse paternity of a fetus that did not want to live. This was a draft law announced by Argentine MP Lilia Lemoine of the “Freedom Progress” party, which was founded by the current president of Argentina, the far-right Javier Meli, two and a half years ago.
The proposal was temporarily frozen, due to the categorical rejection it faced from the rest of the parties. It is important to raise the issue of fathers' responsibilities in Latin societies, from recognizing parentage to covering children's expenses, as these societies suffer from a high incidence of early pregnancy.