The referenda defeat represent a 'huge victory for the people of Ireland and it’s the first nail in the coffin for this ideologically captured government,' women's advocacy group leader Laoise De Brún said.
The newly proposed Chilean constitution, to be voted on in a December referendum, includes an article stating that the ‘law protects the life of the unborn.’
The End of Life Choice Act provides euthanasia and assisted suicide to anyone over the age of 18 who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and is likely to die within six months.
Cardinal Daniel Sturla exhorted Uruguayan Catholics to follow their consciences regarding the law, which allows 16-year-olds to take transgender hormone drugs without parental consent.