In practical terms, Polo points out, the new law promotes public policies that guarantee comprehensive health coverage for the mother and the unborn child, including prenatal check-ups, maternal nutrition, preparation for childbirth, prenatal stimulation, childbirth and postpartum care, rest. postnatal, early stimulation, prevention and early diagnosis, early care and rehabilitation, family counseling and therapy, as well as health education and support for entrepreneurial families.
He added that, based on this law, no entity will be able to “use the Penal Code as an excuse to say that in Peru there is the right to ‘therapeutic abortion’ and that it is legal.” “Nor will they be able to continue citing the disastrous ruling of the Inter-American Court in the case Artavia Murillo vs. Costa Ricawhich says that the life and health of the mother is more important than the life of the conceived child,” he continued.
In Peru, the Penal Code points out that abortion “is not punishable” when “it is the only means to save the life of the pregnant woman or to avoid serious and permanent harm to her health.” However, since the beginning of August 2023, cases of abortions were recorded carried out on minors who suffered sexual abuse, under the justification of “therapeutic” abortion.