Mexico: Enrique Peña Nieto (PRI) confirmed as elected president by the Federal Electoral Tribunal.

Colombia: Constitutional Court issued decision T-627/12 finding that Attorney General Ordoñez and Deputy Attorneys Hoyos and Carreño had provided false information on reproductive rights and threatened or violated the right to access reproductive health services, including abortion services. In its decision, the court ordered the attorney general and his deputies to correct the false information they had published.

El Salvador: After having spent more than seven years in prison, Sonia Tábora was released following a review of her sentence. The judges did not admit to any judicial error and did not award her compensation or exonerate her. She had been sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder after going into premature labor. Her family had found her collapsed on the floor, hemorrhaging, and in a state of shock, and had taken her to a health center in search of help. Her attending physician accused her of provoking an abortion and reported her to the police.

Argentina: Pro Familia Case – A woman who had escaped from human trafficking requested a legal abortion after becoming pregnant during her time of sexual exploitation. The conservative organization Pro Familia filed an injunction and successfully blocked the procedure.

El Salvador: The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Citizens’ Coalition for the Decriminalization of Abortion filed a request before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asking for a precautionary measure in favor of “Mary,” a 27-year-old woman with a mental disability who was sentenced to prison for terminating a pregnancy. Mary attempted suicide following her sentencing.

Uruguay: Enactment of the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Act, which permits abortion without restriction as to reason during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, and up to the 14th week if the pregnancy results from rape.

Brazil: Bahia allowed for same-sex marriage after a court ruling in the state.

Colombia: Alejandro Ordoñez, a conservative Catholic linked to the Legionarios de Cristo, was appointed for a second term as attorney general.

Colombia: Bogota’s Secretariat of Health issued Regulation 43/2012 specifying technical guidelines for the provision of abortion services.

Colombia: During congressional debates regarding the possibility of re-electing Alejandro Ordoñez as attorney general, La Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de Las Mujeres presented a statement highlighting various actions and declarations of Ordoñez in opposition to sexual and reproductive rights.