Chile’s chamber of deputies decided to side with women and their human rights yesterday, and approved a bill to partly decriminalize abortion. The new law would permit women to have safe, legal abortions if they are victims of rape, if their lives are in danger, or if they have received a diagnosis of a fatal malformation of their fetus. Before this becomes law, Chile’s Senate will also have to approve the bill. But this vote is a significant advance.
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Dispatches: Chile’s Welcome Move on Abortion
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