Abortion decriminalization in Ecuador: a constitutional journey – Part I
Since April 2022, Ecuador, a small Latin American State, joined the league of the countries that allow abortion in rape cases. The process started with a constitutional claim in August 2019 and ended up with the publication “by the ministry of law” of the Law to Regulate The Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy in Rape Cases. Let’s track the most critical points of this legislative evolution.
Abortion decriminalization in Ecuador: a constitutional journey – Part II
We have already briefly analyzed some controversies around the decision of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador to declare unconstitutional the criminalization of abortion in rape cases in 2019. Let’s analizye the discussions around the law and it’s final text.