Article Photos: Uruguay takes historic step legalizing abortion



  Pro-life demonstrators dressed in animal costumes holding protest signs that read in Spanish; "Save the humans," perform in front of the Uruguayan Congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. The Uruguayan Senate on Wednesday voted to legalize all first trimester abortions in a groundbreaking step in Latin America. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Pro-life demonstrators dressed in animal costumes holding protest signs that read in Spanish; "Save the humans," perform in front of the Uruguayan Congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. The Uruguayan Senate on Wednesday voted to legalize all first trimester abortions in a groundbreaking step in Latin America. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)