Lawmakers in Chile's lower house of Congress approved abortion in limited circumstances, after a decades-long ban on the practice.
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‘Abortion in Chile, South America will be allowed in cases of rape, risk to the mother, or when the fetus is no longer considered viable.’
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"Incredible -- the motion is passed," said the leader of the Chamber of Deputies, Marco Antonio Nunoz, after a heated debate of the draft submitted by the government of President Michelle Bachelet.![twitter](https://images.medindia.net/icons/news/social/twitter.png)
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Source-AFP