Bolivia: Bolivian Ministerial Protocol to perform abortions

bandera bolivia The Bolivian Ministry of Health, through the resolution number 0027 of January 29, 2015,  states that the possibility of an abortion is constitutional,  in cases where pregnancy has  been the result of the commission of a crime, assisting the woman to a public or private  health center in order to have an abortion, without filing a complaint, nor the existence  of accusation or indictment and neither  previous  sentence, but must communicate their  situation to the competent public authority and that way the medical professional may  perform the abortion. In that sense "abortion, should be bonded only to the consent of  the woman and that must necessarily be assumed by a doctor who performed the  abortion, to safeguard the lives of women in proper cases."

 

Document:  Bolivian Ministerial Protocol to perform abortions