Chilean court: Private health facilities can’t be forced to do abortions

Chilean court: Private health facilities can’t be forced to do abortions

December 17, 2018 CNA Daily News News Briefs 0 Print

Santiago, Chile, Dec 17, 2018 / 10:53 am (ACI Prensa).- A Chilean court has ruled that private healthcare facilities may conscientiously object to abortions, declaring unconstitutional a law that had gone into effect in October.

By a vote of 8-2, the nation’s Constitutional Court struck down a portion of the Regulation on Conscientious Objection of the Law on Abortion. The court accepted a Dec. 6 appeal filed by senators of the Chile Vamos coalition which sought to annul part of the Department of Health regulation.

Continued: https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2018/12/17/chilean-court-private-health-facilities-cant-be-forced-to-do-abortions/

17.12.2018

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Chile: Key Ruling to Ease Abortion Restrictions

Chile: Key Ruling to Ease Abortion Restrictions

August 21, 2017
Constitutional Tribunal Rejects Lawsuits Against New Law

(Washington, DC) – The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal protected women’s rights when it ruled on August 21, 2017 that a new law to end the full criminalization of abortion in Chile was constitutional, Human Rights Watch said today.

The court’s decision addressed two lawsuits brought by members of parliament from opposition parties challenging the constitutionality of the country’s new abortion law, passed by Congress on August 2. The law decriminalizes abortion under three circumstances: if the life of the pregnant woman or girl is at risk; if the pregnancy is the result of rape; or if the fetus suffers severe conditions not compatible with life outside of the womb.

Continued at source: Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/08/21/chile-key-ruling-ease-abortion-restrictions

Chile’s Supreme Court to Rule on Abortion Bill Next Monday

Chile's Supreme Court to Rule on Abortion Bill Next Monday

Published 18 August 2017

Chile's Constitutional Court has decided to postpone unitl Monday its final judgement on the constitutionality of a bill decriminalizing abortion in exceptional cases.

Women's rights groups say they are concerned about the delay.

The ten judges of the court were expected to give their final ruling on Friday on whether the legislation violates the Constitution, as conservative opposition parties claim.

Continued at source: TelesurTV: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Chiles-Supreme-Court-to-Rule-on-Abortion-Bill-Next-Monday--20170818-0012.html

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