“It’s Not a Priority”: the Refusal of the Lower House’s Helmman to Discuss the Legal Abortion Project – The Third

One of the campaign promises of President Gabriel Boric began to materialize in the final straight line of his administration. On Friday, May 23, from La Moneda, the Minister of Women, Antonia Orellana announced the legal abortion project, and although she stressed that it means complying with the hard word, she regretted the delay of the project anyway. Without going into detail, the head of the portfolio explained that the initiative will be e…

Since Congress they closed the door to the possible prioritization of the legal abortion project, announced last Friday by the Minister of Women, Antonia Orellana. The Secretary of State herself had recognized that although it is a campaign promise, its processing has been delayed more than expected, and if [...] The entry For Congress, abortion project "is not a priority" was first published in INFOGATE.

José Miguel Castro (RN) said that unless the Executive gives it urgency, it will not put it on the table, "because I feel it is not a priority for Chileans, in any case."

The president of the Chamber of Deputies, José Miguel Castro (RN), said that the legal abortion project that the government entered this week in this Corporation “is not a priority” either for him or for the citizenry. In conversation with Radio Cooperativa, the MP said that unless the Executive gives him urgency, he will not put it on the table, “because I feel it is not a priority for Chileans, in any case.” Castro remarked that “I will not be…