Mixed response in Chile as court rules in favour of abortion

Chile’s constitutional Court on Monday upheld a measure that would end the country’s absolute ban on abortions.

Women protest after learning Chile's Constitutional Court will uphold a measure that would end the country's absolute ban on abortions, in Santiago on August 21, 2017. The court's vote accepts the constitutionality of a measure to legalize abortions when  

A woman holds a fetus doll in the palm of her hand outside the Constitutional Court building where anti-abortion and pro-abortion groups gathered to wait for the court's decision on the country's absolute ban on abortions. (Photo | AP)

Evangelical pastor Javier Soto holds a bible as he chants in protest against Chile's Constitutional Court's decision to lift the ban on abortions. (Photo | AP)

A woman, her body painted with a message that reads in Spanish: 'In the 21st century others are still making decisions about my body', celebrates after learning the verdict. (Photo | AP)

Women tie black ribbons around their arms to mourn Chile's Constitutional Court's judgement. (Photo | AP)

Two women weep in disappointment in front of Chile's Constitutional Court, after the pronouncement of the judgement. (Photo | AP)

A woman places a candle at a makeshift memorial to mourn Chile's Constitutional Court decision legalising abortions. (Photo | AP)