Resumen : Peruvian law allows abortion for therapeutic reasons, yet a Peruvian women diagnosed with an anencephalic baby at 14 weeks of pregnancy was forced to carry it to term and breastfeed it until its inevitable death four days later. The Centre for Reproductive Rights (CRR), Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defence of Women's Rights and Counselling Centre for the Defence of Women's Rights filed a complaint on the woman's behalf to the UN Human Rights Committee, asking for recognition that Peruvian public health officials failed to comply with their own laws, and for compensation from the government. (1)(1.) Centre for Reproductive Rights. UN Human Rights Committee petitioned with reproductive right case (Peru). Press release, 26 November 2002.
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