The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Chile, has suspended distribution of the morning after pill to young people aged 14-18 without a prescription and without parental consent. The decision follows two legal challenges to the government's decision to distribute the pill.The two lawsuits, one filed by the mayor of the town of La Florida, Pablo Zalaquett, and the other by Juan Antonio Espina and Cristian Lagos, argue that the decision by the Chilean Ministry of Health jeopardizes the rights of parents to choose how their children will be educated, above all in affective and sexual matters.
Government spokesman Ricardo Lagos Weber said, "The government is within its right to defend this policy" and "we are going to defend it in the courts."
