TIME00460

TIME00460
Latin America and the Caribbean
Peru
Yes
Abortion
Advance
Court ruling
08-2016
Peru: A court in Lima ordered the Ministry of Health to distribute the morning-after pill at public health care clinics across the country. The case was filed by Violeta Cristina Gómez Hinostroza and Promsex. In its decision, the court referred to the definition of conception adopted by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in its ruling in Artavia Murillo et al. v. Costa Rica.