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Santiago, Chile, Apr 3, 2013 \/ 04:07 pm (CNA<\/a>).- A new norm approved by Chile\u2019s Ministry of Health has met with disapproval for allowing the morning-after pill to be made available to 14 year-old girls without parental consent.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cBy 14 year-old minors, it is clear we are talking about children. And by definition children do not have capacity or responsibility in any civil or civic environment,\u201d said Congressman Juan Luis Castro, the former president of the Medical College of Chile.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt is not appropriate to administer this drug at the request of a child,\u201d he said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t correspond to reality in Chile.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIn statements to reporters, Congressman Castro, who is also a member of the Congressional Committee on Health Care, warned that use of this drug by minors \u201ccould become an object of abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tFor his part, committee president Javier Macaya said allowing minors to have access to the morning-after pill \u201cis not the right signal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe general rule should be that when a person lives under his parents\u2019 roof, he or she depends on them,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are the ones who represent them legally for many legal procedures in civil legislation, and this should not be the exception.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWhen we are talking about 14 year-old minors, we are talking about people who do not yet have discretion,\u201d Macaya added.<\/p>\n

\tFelipe Guevara, the president of the non-governmental organization Always for Life, rejected the commercialization of the morning-after pill, as there are still doubts about the drug\u2019s effects, one of which is the prevention of the implantation of a new embryo, causing an early abortion.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cMeasures like this only show the profound contradictions of our society,\u201d he said, noting that the people who want to regulate the amount of junk food children can eat at school \u201care the same ones who believe that (a 14 year-old) can ask for the pill without parental consent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBefore proposing such measures, education and discussion should be emphasized \u201cwithout ideologies that prevent debate,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

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