Women prosecuted and imprisoned for abortion in Chile

References

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• D. Ferrando. Aborto Clandestino: Una Realidad Latinoamericana. 1994; Alan Guttmacher Institute: New York. This study estimated that 35 per cent of pregnancies in Chile end in abortion. This percentage was higher than in Brazil (31 per cent), Colombia (26 per cent), Mexico (17 per cent), Peru (30 per cent) and the Dominican Republic (28 per cent). Estimates for Chile indicate that for every ten live births there are six abortions, compared to four abortions per ten live births in most of the other countries in the study save Mexico, with two abortions per ten live births. It is unclear why Chile has such a high rate of abortion, especially since use of modern contraceptives is also high. However, Chilean women are having fewer children. In 1992, urban dwellers had 2.26 and rural women 3.14 (overall 2.39). Source: Mujeres de Chile: Radiografía en números: 8 de Marzo 1994. International Women's Day Issue. National Statistics Institute, Santiago 1994.
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• Legal Aid is for people who cannot afford a lawyer and is provided free.
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• S. Leal. A mf no me va a pasar: descripción y andlisis de la realidad psicosocial y estilos atribucionales en mujeres que ingresan al Hospital Barros Luco por complicaciones de aborto. 2nd ed., Undergraduate thesis. 1991; School of Psychology, Diego Portales University: Santiago.
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• The neo-conservative economic plan implemented by the Pinochet regime made unemployment skyrocket. Discontent led the government to create this emergency employment programme, which was in effect from 1975 to 1988.
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• Chile's criminal justice system does not provide for an independent prosecutor. Judges conduct an investigation and then lay charges if they concur that a crime may have been committed. Later, they must pass judgementon their own findings.
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• Leading statements of dissent include: A. Etcheberry. Derecho Penal. 2nd ed., 1976; Editorial Nacional Gabriela Mistral: Santiago. Tomo IV, Parte Especial. H. Silva. Medicina Legal y Psiquiatria Forense. Leading statements of dissent include: 1995. Tomo II.
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• In the Chilean judicial system, trials are not conducted in open court with evidence presented orally; rulings are simply read out to the defendant.
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