Chile Rejects Abortion
Chile's National Congress, the lower house of the legislature, rejected on Tuesday a bill to partially legalize abortion presented by ruling party deputies. Congress leader Antonio Leal described the bill as unconstitutional, which aimed to make abortion legal during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy with the mother's consent, when the pregnancy put the mother's life at risk or in cases of rape. Leal's opinion was backed by the majority in Congress, who voted 61-21 not to discuss the bill.