Chile lawmakers authorize abortion in limited cases

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Chile lawmakers authorize abortion in limited cases
By AFP 2 hours ago.

Lawmakers in Chile's lower house of Congress on Thursday approved abortion in limited circumstances, the first step towards lifting a decades-old ban on the practice in the socially conservative South American country.

Under the measure approved by the Chamber of Deputies, abortion will be allowed in cases of rape, risk to the mother, or when the fetus is no longer considered viable. The Senate must now approve the draft.

Chile is one of the few countries in the world that does not allow abortion under any circumstances at all.

"Incredible -- the motion is passed," said the leader of the Chamber of Deputies, Marco Antonio Nunez, after a heated debate of the draft submitted by the government of President Michelle Bachelet



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[wolfie001]

1. Good to see reason winning over religious extremists. nt

[ananda]

2. I found myself wondering whether this ..

.. is related to the recent outbreak of Nibori.

But it might must be a matter of change
and timeliness.