1. That' s a therapeutic abortion

2. • Associated with intrauterine device or instrumentation during therapeutic abortion procedure

3. 1935 – Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.

4. But the Guatemalan Criminal Code states that therapeutic abortion, self-abortion and accidental self-abortion are not punishable.

5. The public health care system is ill-equipped to deal with referral procedures, and circumstances under which a therapeutic abortion can be approved are unclear.

6. In view of the law authorizing only therapeutic abortion, please provide information on the extent of illegal abortions and the number of persons prosecuted in this connection over the last five years.

7. Although the law permits therapeutic abortion and establishes a mechanism for approval of the procedure, it does not establish the acceptable grounds for abortion, and the decision is therefore left to the medical personnel.

8. Although the law permits therapeutic abortion and establishes a mechanism for approval of the procedure, it does not establish the acceptable grounds for abortion, and the decision is therefore left to the medical personnel

9. Peru, CEDAW/C/50/D/22/2009, respectively) that had prompted recommendations for the State party to establish a mechanism guaranteeing the effective access to therapeutic abortion that might have eased the victims’ suffering in those cases.

10. The Court found that “depriving a woman of her right to decide when and where she will undergo the procedure of a therapeutic abortion threatens the woman in a physical sense and that the agony caused by not knowing whether an abortion will be performed in time is bound to inflict emotional distress and serious psychological harm upon her.”