Government Presents a Bill to Legalize Abortion in Chile - Global Happenings

This day the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Jaime Gajardo, addressed the draft law on the voluntary interruption of pregnancy with deadlines that the government presented to Congress yesterday. The initiative seeks to regulate the voluntary interruption of pregnancy until the 14th week of pregnancy, and establishes mechanisms in the health system for this. Consulted by the initiative on Radio DNA this morning, the minister explained that …

The bill is likely to have a difficult history in Parliament, where President Gabriel Boric does not have a majority in either chamber.

In a political movement of high social impact, the Government of Chile presented to Congress this Wednesday a bill that seeks to legalize the voluntary interruption of pregnancy until 14 weeks of gestation, eliminating the need to invoke specific causes to access this right. READ ALSO: Brazilian Council passed resolution that regulates legal abortion for children and adolescents "Today we enter into the National Congress the bill that legalizes …

The deputy and presidential candidate of the Libertarian National Party, Johannes Kaiser, launched harsh criticism against President Gabriel Boric, then...

The government of Gabriel Boric has entered on Wednesday a bill of legal abortion until 14 weeks of pregnancy, with mechanisms for carrying out the process in the health system. One of the campaign promises of the leftist president and the main announcements made a year ago in the Public Account before the Nation will begin to be discussed starting next week in Congress. The Minister of Women, Antonia Orellana, said that, according to the availa…

On Wednesday, May 28, the Minister of Women and Gender Equity, Antonia Orellana, along with the Minister of Health, Ximena Aguilera, the Minister of the Interior, Álvaro Elizalde; and the holder of Justice and Human Rights, Jaime Gajardo, announced the entry of the draft law on the voluntary interruption of pregnancy with deadlines [...]