According to the Judicial Information Centre (JIC), “the abortion by a woman of 32 who had been raped was suspended at the last minute on Tuesday in a hospital on Buenos Aires” by the decision of a magistrate, Miriam Rustan de Estrada. According to the facts, this woman “had been raped and forced to prostitute herself.” Justifying her ruling, Miriam Rustan de Estrada pointed out: “it is not right to repair the wrong made to one victim by taking the life of the other,” adding that “it is not possible to repair a wrong by provoking another one that is more serious and irreversible.” Following this decision, “the Deputy Mayor of the capital of Argentina, Maria Eugenia Vidal, announced during a press conference that the Municipality of Buenos Aires was going to appeal against this magistrate’s ruling in order to comply with a ruling of the Supreme Court of Argentina which authorised abortion in the case of rape in March.“
European Parliament Condemns Surrogacy Practice
On November 13, the European Parliament discussed important issues related to gender equality, including surrogacy. Just a month earlier, the