Chile's Constitutional Court has legalised abortion in exceptional cases, ending the country's absolute ban on the procedure.
A 6-4 ruling by judges on Monday August 21,2017 accepted the constitutionality of making abortion legal in cases of rape, threat to the mother's life or deadly birth defects.
The Senate had approved the abortion bill last month, with President Michelle Bachelet vowing to sign it into law. The legislation was passed in its final form earlier in August, but conservative legislators then challenged its constitutionality.
Monday August 21,2017's judgement dismissed challenges brought forward by conservative political parties opposed to the reform, Rodrigo Pica, the court's secretary-general, told a news conference.
With the court's ruling on Monday August 21,2017, the bill has now become lawhas legalised abortion in exceptional cases, ending the country's absolute ban on the procedure.
A 6-4 ruling by judges on Monday August 21,2017 accepted the constitutionality of making abortion legal in cases of rape, threat to the mother's life or deadly birth defects.
The Senate had approved the abortion bill last month, with President Michelle Bachelet vowing to sign it into law. The legislation was passed in its final form earlier in August, but conservative legislators then challenged its constitutionality.
Monday's judgement dismissed challenges brought forward by conservative political parties opposed to the reform, Rodrigo Pica, the court's secretary-general, told a news conference.
With the court's ruling on Monday August 21,2017, the bill has now become law
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