Chile's Constitutional Convention approved this Tuesday to include voluntary termination of pregnancy in the draft Constitution it drafts to replace the current Magna Carta inherited from the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).
With 108 votes in favor, 39 against and 6 abstentions, the plenary of the Convention adopted the second paragraph of the article on Sexual and Reproductive Rights, which states that the State must provide “the conditions for a voluntary and protected pregnancy, voluntary termination of pregnancy, childbirth and maternity”.
“It also guarantees their exercise free from violence and interference by third parties, whether individuals or institutions,” adds the text.
In Chile, abortion is allowed on three grounds: risk of life for the mother, fetal infeasibility and rape. Congress discusses the decriminalization of abortion.
The law on the right to abortion will be part of a draft Constitution that the Constitutional Convention must deliver until July 4.
After that, the new Magna Carta must be submitted to a plebiscite in which Chileans will decide whether to enter into force or not. If rejected, the Constitution of Pinochet would continue.
“I am 52 years old. 47 years of absence of my mother, who lost her life during a septic abortion,” said constituent Loreto Vidal, in a heartfelt speech during the debate on the norm.
“For her (her mother) and too many others there were no guarantees, security and protection. It's very easy to judge. There are thousands of brave women who have taught us to be able to look at the situation behind making those decisions,” she added.
The vote on this rule was held at the headquarters of the Convention, in the building of the former congress in Santiago, where abortion support groups arrived, as well as against the termination of pregnancy.
The Constitutional Convention has already approved at least 56 articles of the draft new Constitution, such as the one that declares Chile a “regional, plurinational and intercultural State”.
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