Chileans overwhelmingly reject pro-abortion constitution

Chileans have voted overwhelmingly against a proposed new constitution that would have legalised abortion up to birth.

One of the articles in the draft proposals said that women should have the right to “voluntarily interrupt any pregnancy”.

But 62 per cent of the public rejected the Chilean Government’s proposals.

Rejected

In a 2020 referendum, 80 per cent of voters said they were in favour of a new constitution.

However, some policymakers took advantage of the process to insert pro-abortion language.

All abortions were banned in Chile until 2017 when the law was changed to allow them under certain conditions and attempts to further liberalise abortion laws failed in 2021.

UK

In the UK, pro-abortion MPs demanded that abortion be made a human right, following the US Supreme Court overturning of Roe v Wade.

However, Christian MPs spoke out in opposition, including Danny Kruger, who said: “They think that women have an absolute right to bodily autonomy in this matter. However, I think that, in the case of abortion, that right is qualified by the fact that another body is involved.”

DUP MP Carla Lockhart said: “abortion is not and has not ever been deemed a human right in any binding international law.

“In fact, almost the opposite is the case. Some internationally binding treaties reference a right to life, such as article 6 of the international covenant on civil and political rights”.