Chile's constitutional court has voted to approve a bill to ease the country's total ban on abortions.
It ruled that terminations are justified after rape, if the mother's life is at risk or if the foetus is not expected to survive the pregnancy.
The law was approved after two years' debate in the Chilean Congress but had been challenged by conservatives.
Chile had been one of seven Roman Catholic countries with an abortion ban in all circumstances.
They are Chile, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Malta, The Vatican and Dominican Republic.
NEWS: BBC
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