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The Ombudsman’s Office, through the application of constitutional judgment 0206/2014, made the Legal Interruption of Pregnancy (ILE) feasible for a 12-year-old girl who was a victim of rape, who was denied the right in the first instance in the Hospital Bracamonte of the city of Potosí.
After learning of the fact, the collaboration of the Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents was required, for a psychological approach with professionals, to finally proceed with the interruption of the pregnancy on December 24.
“Due to the conscientious objection raised by doctors from the Daniel Bracamonte Hospital and an irregular psychological approach outside the procedure established by the ILE, the request made to proceed with the legal interruption of the pregnancy of the girl, who was admitted to that health center on December 7 and 8 ”, questioned the Defensorial Delegate of Potosí, Vilma Martínez.
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To date, the defense institution continues to monitor the health status of the minor, who is still in recovery, according to a press release from the defense body.
In the same way, the corresponding monitoring will be carried out on the actions carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office, to identify the perpetrator of the abuse of the minor under 12 years of age and other people with possible implications at the time of the offense.
Constitutional ruling 0206/2014 of Legal Interruption of pregnancies, indicates that they must be practiced in cases of rape, incest, rape, when the product of the pregnancy has no possibility of life and when the life of the mother is at risk in the pregnancy.
