President Michelle Bachelet had started a program which provided free emergency contraceptive pills to females over age 14 in health clinics throughout the country, so that even poor women would have access to it. This measure was recently approved by the Supreme Court in February, but conservatives appealed it to the Constitutional Court, and won today. So, the newly born program is being halted. According to President Bachelet, this is a step back for equality for all Chilean women, as poor women will no longer be able to obtain this pill.
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