Health Minister defends decision to resume distribution of morning after pill

Health Minister Óscar Ugarte defended the government’s decision to resume handing out emergency contraceptives  known as the “morning after pill” free of charge in health centers throughout the country in apparent defiance of Peru’s highest court. A ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal last October prohibited the free distribution of the pills. The court based its [...]

Peruvian archbishop asks Canadian bishops to cut funding of alleged pro-abortion groups, critics say it is part of long-standing defamation campaign

By Annie Thériault The Archbishop of Piura and Tumbes, José Antonio Eguren, has written a letter formally asking his Canadian counterparts to stop the funding, through the Canadian Catholic Organization of Development & Peace,  D&P, to alleged pro-abortion groups in Peru. According to Eguren, President of the Peruvian Conference of Bishops’ Commission on Family, Childhood [...]

Peru Health Ministry stands by free distribution of morning after pill

Despite opposition from pro-life activists and the Church, Peru’s Health Ministry, or Minsa, will continue to distribute the “morning after pill,” also known as the post-coital pill, free of charge.