El Salvador: Beatriz Case – The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court overruled the amparo, arguing that the Constitution protects life from conception. El Salvador: Beatriz Case – The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court overruled the amparo, arguing that the Constitution protects life from conception. El Salvador: Beatriz Case – The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court overruled the amparo, arguing that the Constitution protects life from conception. El Salvador: Beatriz Case – The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court overruled the amparo, arguing that the Constitution protects life from conception. El Salvador: Beatriz Case – The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court overruled the amparo, arguing that the Constitution protects life from conception. El Salvador: Beatriz Case – The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court overruled the amparo, arguing that the Constitution protects life from conception.

Inter-American human rights system: Beatriz Case – One day after the Supreme Court’s ruling denying the amparo, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights requested that the Salvadoran government make the necessary medical decisions to ensure the adequate protection of Beatriz’s rights to life and personal integrity. This request amounted to a request for an abortion, in line with the recommendations of Beatriz’s doctors. Inter-American human rights system: Beatriz Case – One day after the Supreme Court’s ruling denying the amparo, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights requested that the Salvadoran government make the necessary medical decisions to ensure the adequate protection of Beatriz’s rights to life and personal integrity. This request amounted to a request for an abortion, in line with the recommendations of Beatriz’s doctors. Inter-American human rights system: Beatriz Case – One day after the Supreme Court’s ruling denying the amparo, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights requested that the Salvadoran government make the necessary medical decisions to ensure the adequate protection of Beatriz’s rights to life and personal integrity. This request amounted to a request for an abortion, in line with the recommendations of Beatriz’s doctors. Inter-American human rights system: Beatriz Case – One day after the Supreme Court’s ruling denying the amparo, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights requested that the Salvadoran government make the necessary medical decisions to ensure the adequate protection of Beatriz’s rights to life and personal integrity. This request amounted to a request for an abortion, in line with the recommendations of Beatriz’s doctors. Inter-American human rights system: Beatriz Case – One day after the Supreme Court’s ruling denying the amparo, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights requested that the Salvadoran government make the necessary medical decisions to ensure the adequate protection of Beatriz’s rights to life and personal integrity. This request amounted to a request for an abortion, in line with the recommendations of Beatriz’s doctors. Inter-American human rights system: Beatriz Case – One day after the Supreme Court’s ruling denying the amparo, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights requested that the Salvadoran government make the necessary medical decisions to ensure the adequate protection of Beatriz’s rights to life and personal integrity. This request amounted to a request for an abortion, in line with the recommendations of Beatriz’s doctors.

Peru: Civil society organizations presented 60,000 signatures before Congress in support of the decriminalization of abortion in cases of rape. The signatures were collected as part of the Déjala Decidir campaign.

Colombia: San Ignacio Hospital presented a demand before the Council of State requesting the annulment of Report 0003 of 2011 made by the Superintendence of Health.

Peru: Parliament rejected a bill against hate crimes filed by Congressman Carlos Bruce; 58 representatives voted against the bill, 27 voted in favor, and 18 abstained.

Brazil: PL 6022 – Presentation of a bill amending Law 12845/2013 to provide for the mandatory and comprehensive care to victims of sexual violence.

Brazil: PL 6115 – Presentation of a bill requiring a forensic examination proving rape before an abortion can be performed.

Brazil: Enactment of Federal Law 12845/2013 regulating the required and comprehensive care for victims of sexual violence.

Adoption of Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development calling on states “to consider amending their laws, regulations, strategies and public policies relating to the voluntary termination of pregnancy in order to protect the lives and health of women and adolescent girls, to improve their quality of life and to reduce the number of abortions.”

Argentina: Pro Familia Case – The Supreme Court issued a new decision in the case of a rape victim who had faced obstructions in accessing a legal abortion. The decision confirmed the state’s obligation to guarantee access to non-punishable abortions and ordered an investigation into all people involved in obstructing a non-punishable abortion in the City of Buenos Aires.