Costa Rica: A judge closed an “accidental” loophole in a law passed earlier in the year that could have allowed same-sex unions.

Peru: The Bishop of Piura, José Antonio Eguren, presented 60,000 signatures before Congress against therapeutic abortion.

Argentina: Decision F-259/2012 – The Supreme Court adopted a broad interpretation of the Penal Code, allowing abortion in cases of rape for all women.

Argentina: F., A. L. Case – In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that rape victims, whether with or without a mental handicap, have a right to legal abortion without judicial authorization and without fear of subsequent criminal sanction.

Colombia: The Office of the General Attorney filed a claim before the Constitutional Court requesting the annulment of Sentence T-841/2011, which ruled in favor of a woman’s request for abortion for her minor daughter and ordered the health care provider to provide compensation for having denied the procedure and to bear the costs of the newborn’s medical treatment. The Constitutional Court denied the claim for annulment.

El Salvador: The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Feminist Collective for Local Development filed a lawsuit before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of “Manuela,” a women sentenced to 30 years in prison after suffering an obstetric emergency that ended in a miscarriage.

Brazil: ADPF 54 – The Supreme Court issued a decision on therapeutic abortion in cases of anencephaly.

Mexico: Presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto (PRI) declared that the issue of marriage equality should be decided on by individual states of the federation.

Brazil: The Ministry of Health issued the third edition of its technical norms on the “prevention and treatment of damages resulting from sexual violence against women and adolescents,” which once again confirmed that rape victims do not need to present a police report in order to obtain a legal abortion.

Brazil: Publication of the draft of the new Penal Code in which abortion and euthanasia are allowed and regulated.