Citizen / Os against fundamentalism Patriarchal demand the right to decide

A few days ago, our Chilean society suffered a major blow with perplexity we announced and imposed an upcoming Constitutional Court ruling this April 22, which further delineate the regulation of fertility [1]. Which was brought by the lucidity of a few of the conservative right that in a moment of meditation with its appeal seeking inner awareness and support as the enlightened self-described "pro-life? the divinity of the all-powerful, because of the good and eternal salvation, so that the "evil women? have their deserved punishment for violating the "life? in the exercise of sexual and reproductive rights or rather "revealed to her domestic role of the species breeding and care of their own? given by nature.

The encyclical is reflected in the prohibition of:

The distribution of contraceptive pills (ECPs) in the public health system, because the private is still for sale Reinforce the differences and not only because they discriminated against a female, but purchasing power.

Intrauterine devices (IUD) Copper T, which already in 2005 "contraceptive users treated in the public health system were 1,141,798 and 54% of them used an intrauterine device (IUD) Copper T 380, considered an effective and safe for the health of women, easy to use and control, plus the cost / effectiveness. The total users of copper T nationally is 1,435,948?. [2]

Contraceptive services and counseling to young age of 14 without parental consent and there will be no sex education to prevent teenage pregnancies, prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV / AIDS.

Most regular oral contraceptive pills containing levonorgestrel.

What that will mean that the women of this country does not have control of our body as the first property of every human being and a free exercise, healthy, pleasant and normal of our sexuality, besides being violated in capacity and power of decision that has been imposed in the continuity of a patriarchal culture based on "the other? male and a superior god.

Similarly, one consequence of this legislation is that it may involve an increase in illegal abortions without any safety and sanitation, equipment and professional staff that can cause death of the woman, an extension of unscrupulous business people who advantage of this situation, and increased sentences for abortion, as in Chile in its entirety is prohibited and heavily penalized for all participants in the act. [3]

It is time, it is time .... to claim this situation, who not only plays the mothers, daughters, citizens of the nation, but that involves society as a whole, and in times of democratic legitimacy through the popular vote corresponds to listen the voice of the people and the convening of a referendum, so that in full freedom and equality would decide on a proposal to ensure a consistent policy of reproductive sexuality and public health system XXI century.

Thus, one of the first steps in the same April 22, the day the Constitutional Court issued the ruling, we call for a march starting at 18 am from Plaza Italia, that we mobilize together among all people, organizations and institutions, workers and unions, communities, women's movement and feminist politic 's, media, students, etc, to deliver our deep rejection of the old lags of a few who want to perpetuate in time mutilating Rights Women.

Freedom of Choice!

By Daniela Andrade Zubia

Coordinator of the City of the Goddess

[1] national norms on fertility regulation in Chile. Http://www.observatoriogeneroyliderazgo.cl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=333&Itemid=2 MINSAU

[2] Valdes, Teresa. Coordinating Centre for Gender and Equity. "Possible ruling against the''T''of copper?.

http://www.observatoriogeneroyliderazgo.cl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=284&Itemid=2

[3] In Chile the right to life, first and most fundamental of all human rights is recognized in our Constitution in Article 1: "The law protects the life of the unborn?. The penal code criminalizes and punishes the crime of abortion in Article 342, and the Health Code Article 119 provides that: "You can not execute any action whose purpose would cause an abortion?.

The penal code punishes individuals who cause and / or cooperate with the procedure, with penalties for both minors from jails and prisons degrees maximum with maximum we eliminate degrees, depending on how abortion occurs.

While in Chile, abortion is prohibited, even therapeutic, this still remains an unresolved issue, as many political groups want to replace Article 19 of the health code to allow therapeutic abortion when there is danger of death for the mother.

http://html.rincondelvago.com/aborto-en-chile.html