Chile Constitutional Court to Ban Emergency Contraception in Public Health System
Rabu, 16 April 2008
| 11:11 WIB
Thu, 04/10/2008 - 15:03
Chile Constitutional Court is set to hand down a much-awaited decision later this month on the free distribution of emergency contraceptives, birth control pills, and IUDs within the public health care system. The case has provoked outrage and a heated debate â and pro-choice demonstrators have marched to the courts offices. In a bid to prevent public upheaval while Chileans wait for details and the full written decision, Santiagos Constitutional Court issued a press release announcing that, in a 5-to-4 vote, it is banning the distribution of the emergency contraceptive pill in the public health care system. In the same release, the Court added that it would allow the heath system to continue to distribute birth control pills and IUDs.
FSRNs Santiago correspondent Jorge Garretón reports from Santiago, Chile.
Source : http://www.fsrn.org