TIME00143

TIME00143
Latin America and the Caribbean
Peru
Yes
Abortion
Restrict
Litigation
09-2004
Peru: On September 30 2004, the Congressmen Hector Chavez Chuchón and Rafael Rey filed a unconstitutional action against the Ministry of Health Pilar Mazzeti. The Congressmen, linked to sectors against sexual and reproductive rights, accuse the minister Mazzeti of violating the fundamental rights of the unborn through the free distribution of the emergency contraception.