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The Justice Commission of the National Assembly of Ecuador established a maximum of 28 weeks of gestation so that the rape abortion in women over 18 years of age, while minors and those with disabilities will not have this period, this was reported this Tuesday in the debate.
Said Parliamentary Commission began the review of the draft of the Draft Organic Law to Guarantee the Right to Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy in the Event of Rape, presented by the Ombudsman’s Office, in compliance with the ruling of the Constitutional Court.
Within the debate, several criteria were issued, among them that there should not be a term in the interruption of the pregnancy in case of rape, this obtained six affirmative votes and was presented by the legislator José Agualsaca, of the correista movement UNES.
The Secretary of @JusticiaAN takes a vote on the motion of @AgualsacaJose, which proposes not to set deadlines for girls, adolescents or women with disabilities and 28 weeks for women over 18 years of age, obtaining 6 votes in favor, 4 against. Art19 has been approved. pic.twitter.com/uIMshWBih5
– National Assembly (@AsntaciónEcuador) January 11, 2022
For his part, the president of the Commission, Alejandro Jaramillo, asserted that the legislative table has kept its doors open to listen to the proposals of various sectors regarding the project’s articles. “Doctors and other health professionals, specialists, national and foreign experts, and constitutionalists have attended the commission, who presented their observations, as well as legislators.”, He highlighted.
The scope of the project will be the entire national territory “And it will be of observance and application”By people and services, health operators, public and private establishments of the national health system to prevent violence against women.
“Any pregnant person resulting from a violation will be protected by the provisions of this law,” emphasizes the Assembly bulletin.
The project also addresses the rights of girls, adolescents, women and pregnant people with disabilities or those who have a disabling condition and in human mobility to decide and access the interruption of pregnancy in the event of rape.
Another of the thorny issues that the Commission addressed was the one related to the requirements and a procedure was established so that the cases of rape are brought to the consideration of the State Attorney General’s Office by the health establishment, in order to be investigated and initiate comprehensive care processes.
After a long session that lasted 10 hours, the president of the Commission set a new call for the revision of the articles of the bill this Wednesday, January 12-
The draft is slated for a second parliamentary debate after the first one passed in 2021.
Among the critical issues in the text, which are censored by women’s organizations, are the time limits for practicing abortion, the requirements of the procedure and the possible conscientious objection to which health practitioners may appeal.