This week we will see if national sovereignty and Chile’s strong pro-life culture are victorious, or if the pressure brought by wealthy northern nations proves overwhelming for this Catholic nation.
Valentina Maureira decided she did not want to die from euthanasia, but her father says the socialists are twisting her memory to promote the culture of death.
The proposed bill would actually require a doctor to commit an abortion even against his conscience if no one else is available and there is an emergency.
After nearly a decade of constant lobbying and litigation, the homosexual movement has scored a huge political victory in the once conservative Catholic South American nation.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has signalled she will dismantle the nation's pro-life law, allowing abortions in cases of rape, the non-viability of the unborn child, and danger to the mother's life.