Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso partially rejected the law regulating voluntary abortion of women who were victims of rape, reducing the termination period of pregnancy for girls who were victims of violence by up to 12 weeks.
In a letter posted on Twitter, the Conservative President wrote that he “decided to comment on the bill to ensure full compliance with the decision of the Constitutional Court.”
The legislature with the opposite majority must decide whether to accept the 30-day government amendment or approve the original document on February 18.
The National Assembly states in the law that women under the age of 18 who live in raped rural areas can have abortions during 18 weeks of pregnancy, while adults and residents of urban areas can have abortions during 12 weeks of pregnancy.
As the only period of 12 weeks of pregnancy with the right to veto, Arkas stated before the Constitution that “we are all equal” and that “establishing a legal division between citizens according to the conditions, place of birth or place of birth isConstitution”.
In April of last year, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador expanded access to abortion due to rape cases. Prior to this regulation, only women with disabilities or risk of death were allowed to voluntarily terminate their pregnancy.
In Ecuador, women who have suffered an abortion for unacceptable reasons are sentenced to imprisonment for up to two years.
— “Painful Reality” —
Democrat left-wing MP Johanna Morella, who announced the bill, tweeted that in the short term “it will only affect the poorest and most forgotten, and our women will die in hiding.”
“President @LassoGuillermo has a partial veto and does not understand the painful reality that our girls live in every day,” commented Morella.
According to official data, Ecuador has the third highest teenage pregnancy rate among girls and adolescents in Latin America, and seven children under the age of 14 give birth every day.
The ruler, who said he did not agree with the law, submitted 61 comments to the document.These include conscientious objections from medical staff and the need for abortion in case of rape.
The former right-wing banker, Lasso, said in a letter: “The Constitutional Court explicitly ordered the legislature to request abortion in case of rape, but the General Assembly did not really do so.”
For example, the Governor stated in a document submitted to the National Assembly that the law “does not provide for the obligation to carry out medical examinations of victims to identify violations and protect their health, and does not provide for the collection of evidence for criminal investigations.”
One of the demands of the lasso was to file a rape complaint.
The feminist group Surkuna claims that, according to prosecutors, there were about 42,000 rape complaints between August 2014 and November 2021.
Last week, members of the US House of Representatives asked the lasso to pass the abortion law without changing the rape. Tamara Talasik Bronner, director of Human Rights Watch for the Americas, said that the president “has the ability and responsibility to fulfill the obligations of a campaign of respect for the rule of law.”
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