According to Magistrate Helder Dominguez, the next morning’s pill “is not an abortion.”

Magistrate of the Constitutional CourtCT), Helder Domínguez Aro, noted this Friday that, according to the scientific evidence, the emergency oral contraceptive or “the next morning pill” is not an abortion. This is after the highest autonomous constitutional body ordered that the Ministry of Health (Minsa) distribute this medicine for free.

IN News Extension, Helder Dominguez explained that the judgment CT This is “an important decision in constitutional jurisprudence following the announcement of the amparo lawsuit based on violations of reproductive rights, the right to equality, non-discrimination and the right to information.

“The first question we asked ourselves as a member is whether this method of contraception is abortive or whether the right to equality is violated. And we answered ourselves on the basis of the official documentation of official institutions, because we are not doctors, we are lawyers, and we turned to other disciplines for help in our decision, in this case the medical sciences, in this case the World Health Organization, the Pan American Organization health, the Department of Health and the North American Administrative Agency. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has indicated that it is not abortifacient,” he said.

Helder Dominguez He claimed that since 2003 and 2006 these organizations have supported and ratified the position that the pill the next morning is not an abortifacient.

“The topic will always be controversial”

“We relied on this official documentation: medical sciences, to be able to answer now, if the right to equality and non-discrimination due to economic conditions was violated, the accident requirement yes, my right to equality were violated,” he specified.

Helder Dominguez clarified that Article 6 of the Political Constitution states that it is a public policy of the population through the state regarding responsible motherhood and fatherhood and that “it is the duty of the family to choose with whom to have sexual relations, how and how often”. But this article also states that “as long as it does not violate the right to life”.

“The Ministry of Health has determined that this is a public policy based on Article 6 and, above all, the competent international organizations, let’s not forget that WHO and PAHO are part of the United Nations. There are some who are against it, they question It is the decision of these organizations, the question will always be moot because it is about the legitimate good that is life,” he said.

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