Peru: National authorities agreed to provide economic compensation to K.L., recognizing the obligations outlined in the decision issued by the UN Human Rights Committee.

Colombia: Attorney General Ordoñez filed an action of annulment against Sentence C-754/2015, which instructs the Ministry of Health to create a protocol for victims of sexual violence. With this action, the attorney general sought to allow health care providers to refuse to perform certain practices contained in the sentence, such as HIV tests and legal abortion. The Constitutional Court denied the action.

El Salvador: Minister of Health Violeta Menjívar declared that the ministry will not ask Congress to authorize therapeutic abortion for pregnant women infected by Zika whose fetuses present abnormalities.

Mexico: The Attorney General’s Office announced that members of its Criminal Investigation Agency had detained Jorge Joaquín Ignacio Serrano Limón, head of the organization Pro-Vida, for alleged embezzlement of public funds. He remains on bail.

Mexico: Administrative Norm 046-SSA2-2005 (NOM-046) reformed to facilitate access to abortion for victims of rape; health authorities can no longer demand that these victims provide judicial authorization in order to access abortion.

Chile: The Chamber of Deputies approved a draft bill allowing abortion under three circumstances: in cases of rape, risk to the pregnant woman’s health, and when the fetus is no longer considered viable. The bill is awaiting approval by the Senate.

Colombia: Issuing of Resolution 0652/2016 ordering that voluntary abortions performed under the exceptions outlined in Sentence C-355/2006 shall not be reported to the Civil Registration System via a fetal death certificate.

Peru: The archbishop from Arequipa, Javier del Río Alba, urged followers not to vote for two presidential candidates, Alfredo Barnechea and Veronika Mendoza, because they support same-sex marriage and the decriminalization of abortion.

Peru: 79 candidates for Congress from various political movements signed a commitment “for life and against abortion.”

Argentina: Belen, a woman who suffered a miscarriage at 22 weeks, was convicted of murder and sentenced to eight years in prison by a criminal court in Tucumán. Despite having a diagnosed miscarriage, she had been reported by health workers.