If approved, Chile will become one of few countries in the world, and the first in majority Catholic Latin America, to guarantee the right to "voluntary termination of pregnancy" in its founding law
Demonstrators hold a green flag during a march celebrating after the lower house took a step toward decriminalizing abortion, on the Global Day of Action for Legal and Safe Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago, Chile, on September 28, 2021. In a historic initiative due to be voted on in the Senate, the lower house of Chile approved a bill to decriminalize abortion up to 14 weeks of gestation. Image: Pablo VERA / AFP