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15:51, 22-Aug-2017
Chile court clears way to ease abortion ban
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Chile's Constitutional Court on Monday approved a bill to decriminalize abortion in certain cases, a move decried by conservative opponents but hailed by Socialist President Michelle Bachelet as a victory for women's rights.
The bill will allow abortion in cases of rape, threat to the mother's life or deadly birth defects.
Judges voted by six to four to dismiss challenges brought by conservative parties opposed to the reform, the court's secretary-general Rodrigo Pica told a news conference.
The bill can now be signed into law by the socialist president, who launched the reform in 2015.
Source(s): AFP