This woman’s case came up because Macri had announced plans to veto the city legislature’s abortion measure, saying it went beyond the court’s rulings by enabling minors to get abortions without parental approval and declining to include a conscience exemption for medical professionals who don’t want to participate. The mayor cited her situation in a speech as an example of how the city should provide abortions in certain cases.

President Cristina Fernandez has been outspoken in support of protecting women from the sex trade. But she is personally opposed to abortion and has not made legalizing it a priority.

Vicente predicts that Congress won’t act until the president urges it to. Diaz won’t go that far.

‘‘Thanks to this president, Argentina has advanced with very important laws — marriage equality, gender identification, death with dignity. The debate over abortion will happen. It’s more complicated; it’s not easy. The president is against it, but she’s also said it’s a matter for the Congress to decide,’’ Diaz said.

‘‘I think we’re getting close, but you have to look at this debate in terms of religious politics in Latin America. The Catholic forces opposed to abortion are so strong that they barely got it passed in Uruguay, which is the least religious country in the region.’’

Meanwhile Friday in La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires province, Diaz said, another rape victim was turned away when doctors told her the entire hospital had a conscientious objection to forming abortions.

‘‘This is really serious,’’ Diaz said. ‘‘What this amounts to is a refusal to comply with government policies.’’