We respectfully request the ESCR Committee to consider addressing the following recommendation to the Chilean government during the 55th Session: To revise its laws imposing a total abortion ban to allow for exceptions when: (a) pregnancy endangers a woman’s life or health; (b) pregnancy is the result of rape or artificial insemination without the woman’s consent; and (c) congenital fetal anomaly incompatible with life outside the womb. Respectfully, Mónica Arango Olaya Juan Sebastián Rodríguez Alarcón Regional Director for America and the Legal Fellow for Latin America and the Caribbean Caribbean Center for Reproductive Rights Center for Reproductive Rights Carrera 6 No. 26-85, Piso 9 199 Water Street, 22nd Floor Edificio Sociedad Colombiana de Arquitectos New York, NY, 10038 Bogotá, Colombia T. +1 917-637-3600 Ext. 3663 T. + 571-334-8532
We respectfully request the ESCR Committee to consider addressing the following recommendation to the Chilean government during the 55th Session: To revise its laws imposing a total abortion ban to allow for exceptions when: (a) pregnancy endangers a woman’s life or health; (b) pregnancy is the result of rape or artificial insemination without the woman’s consent; and (c) congenital fetal anomaly incompatible with life outside the womb. Respectfully, Mónica Arango Olaya Regional Director for America and the Caribbean Center for Reproductive Rights Carrera 6 No. 26-85, Piso 9 Edificio Sociedad Colombiana de Arquitectos Bogotá, Colombia T. + 571-334-8532 Juan Sebastián Rodríguez Alarcón Legal Fellow for Latin America and the Caribbean Center for Reproductive Rights 199 Water Street, 22nd Floor New York, NY, 10038 T. +1 917-637-3600 Ext. 3663
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