Brazil: A petition was filed asking the Brazilian state to guarantee the reproductive rights of women during the Zika epidemic. It also asked for the state to ensure women’s access to information, their access to long-term contraceptive methods in the public health system, the provision of repellent as part of prenatal check-ups, access to the best test currently available to meet the risks they are facing, the right to choose to keep or terminate a pregnancy (when clinically diagnosed with Zika), and, in the case of the birth of babies with microcephaly, access to economic support.

Brazil: Impeachment of President Rousseff.

Peru: A court in Lima ordered the Ministry of Health to distribute the morning-after pill at public health care clinics across the country. The case was filed by Violeta Cristina Gómez Hinostroza and Promsex. In its decision, the court referred to the definition of conception adopted by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in its ruling in Artavia Murillo et al. v. Costa Rica.

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: At its 156th session, civil society groups presented a report on women in El Salvador who had been deprived of their liberty after suffering obstetric emergencies. The report was presented by the Citizens’ Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion, the Feminist Collective for Local Development, and the Center for Reproductive Rights.

Colombia: The Constitutional Court issued Sentence C-683/15 recognizing same-sex couples’ right to adopt.

El Salvador: The human rights ombudsman determined that María Teresa Rivera, sentenced to 40 years in prison, had suffered violations of her rights to equality and non-discrimination, and to due process.

Argentina: Mauricio Macri elected president in the run-off.

Peru: National authorities agreed to provide economic compensation to L.C., recognizing the obligations outlined in the decision issued by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

El Salvador: The Ministry of Health called on women to avoid becoming pregnant during 2016 and 2017 in light of the Zika virus, which is believed to cause microcephaly in fetuses.

Mexico: Congress published the Declaration of Constitutional Reform for the Political Reform of the Federal District to convert the Federal District into the 32nd state of the republic. During the Constitutional Assembly, delegates discussed the question of whether to include sexual and reproductive rights such as legal abortion and same-sex marriage in the new Constitution. Mexico: Congress published the Declaration of Constitutional Reform for the Political Reform of the Federal District to convert the Federal District into the 32nd state of the republic. During the Constitutional Assembly, delegates discussed the question of whether to include sexual and reproductive rights such as legal abortion and same-sex marriage in the new Constitution. Mexico: Congress published the Declaration of Constitutional Reform for the Political Reform of the Federal District to convert the Federal District into the 32nd state of the republic. During the Constitutional Assembly, delegates discussed the question of whether to include sexual and reproductive rights such as legal abortion and same-sex marriage in the new Constitution.