The hard-won right to an abortion in Chile is at risk of being overturned, activists have warned, as the country’s far right moves to enshrine protection for “the life of the unborn child and maternity” in a new constitution.
Concerns have grown over the ultraconservative Republican party’s plans to pare back reproductive rights in Chile as it now holds significant sway in the fate of the country’s constitutional saga.
“Clearly, there is great concern over the risks to women and children implied by the suggested amendments, which threaten the most basic rights of human beings,” said Lieta Vivaldi, the director of Alberto Hurtado University’s gender and social justice programme.
“In a nation which seeks equality and justice, it is intolerable.” » | John Bartlett | Monday, August 21, 2023
I'd bet you "dollars to donuts" that this dude wants to strip gays of their rights, too; and he will certainly want to lower taxes on the superrich in the country. These far-right fossils are all the same: they are all so predictable. They are also anti-progress and reactionary. They all long to return to a bygone age. One can but feel sorry for Chileans with the threat of this benighted man possibly coming to power. – © Mark Alexander
