Sunday, August 18, 2019

Abortion Laws in Chile

grayscale photography of sleeping baby covered by textile


In 2017, President Michele Bachelet lifted the ban on abortions in Chile with a clause giving doctors the right to refuse on the grounds of personal belief.
According to the Chilean Ministry of Health,  50% of doctors will not perform an abortion in cases of rape, 29% if the baby will die, and 21% will conscientiously object if the mother's life is at risk.
Or look at this another way - 50% of doctors will perform an abortion in cases of rape, 71% will abort a terminal baby, and 79% will perform an abortion if the mother's life is at risk.  It doesn't seem like it should be too hard to find a doctor to perform an abortion in Chile.
See this BBC article for more info.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49110647?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cvenzmgyg45t/chile&link_location=live-reporting-story



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