AMERICA/PERU - Catholic doctors protest distribution of “morning after” pill

Wednesday, 17 March 2010

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(Agenzia Fides) – The National Association of Catholic Doctors of Peru has criticized the Health Minister Oscar Ugarte, who intends to distribute the so-called morning after pill, through a ministerial resolution that violates the rule of law, ignoring the rule of the Constitutional Court which prohibits distribution of this abortion pill. (AP) (Agenzia Fides 17/3/2010)