Civil unions in Uruguay
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Uruguay was the second Latin American Country to legalize civil unions, after Colombia. Senator Margarita Percovich, the author of the legislation, said the bill would give couples entering civil unions the same rights as marriage. Under the legislation couples would have to be together for at least five years and sign a registry. The couples will receive health benefits, inheritance, parenting and pension rights. Following the approval of a bill proposed by Margarita Percovich of the Broad Front coalition in November 2007, both same-sex and opposite-sex couples will be allowed to enter into a civil union after they live together for at least five years, and will be entitled to some of the benefits that married couples are afforded. The bill was passed in Congress on 30 November 2007 after having been passed in a similar form in the Senate earlier in February 2007; the bill was passed by both chambers in the same form on December 19 [1] and signed into law by president Tabare Vazquez on December 27. [2] It came into effect since 1 January 2008.[3]
A law accepting gay adoption and promoted by the government is currently discussed in the national parliament.[4]
As of today, 30 couples (both same and mixed sexed couples) have formed a civil union[citation needed].
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[edit] Campaigns on civil unions
Campaigning on civil unions has taken place since 2000.[citation needed]
