Abstract

This study addresses the question whether a legislative draft that legalized abortions performed during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy would be allowed by the Chilean Constitution. Our position, based on the Constitutional Court Sentence, Rol 3729-17-CPT, regarding Act N° 21.030 that legalized abortions on three grounds, and the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, maintains that a constitutional amendment would not be necessary in order to legalize abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.