Follow-up: Chilean government plans to resume controversial contraception plan

Earlier today, Chilean president Michelle Bachelet signed a decree authorizing the resumption of a contraception program that would include providing free “morning-after” pills to girls as young as 14-years-old. The measure- which had been deemed unconstitutional several times- was modified to allow for special counseling by physicians. Still, conservatives were up in arms over Bachelet’s plan with one mayor calling it “a black day for our country, a slap to the institution of family.”

Links- BBC News, ABC News, The Latin Americanist

Image- Center for Reproductive Rights

Tags- Chile, health, women