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Latin America and Caribbean

Court blocks Chile move on morning-after pill

April 4, 2008
Reuters

Chile’s top constitutional court on Friday blocked a government bid to promote the free distribution of the morning-after pill to minors aged 14 and over, dealing a new setback to President Michelle Bachelet.

The Constitutional Tribunal, which has the last word in Chile on constitutional law, overruled a decree signed by Bachelet over a year ago that authorized the free distribution of the contraceptive to children 14 and above. The children needed a doctor’s prescription but did not require parental consent.

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