The Fifth Criminal Court of Cochabamba ruled in favor of interrupting the girl's pregnancy during the nineteenth week and ordered the medical team to perform an abortion within 62 hours. The judge based his decision on Article 266 of the Penal Code, which authorizes abortion in cases of rape or incest. Nevertheless, the medical team refused to comply with the order on the grounds that it went against the religious and moral convictions of its members. According to the National Report on Violence against Women corresponding to the 1994-1998 period, 98.4 percent of the charges of domestic violence in Bolivia involve women as victims. Additionally, 83.8 percent of cases of attempted homicides are against women, while in 90.6 percent of cases of crimes against sexual liberty, the victims are women.
Women present one hundred percent of charges of torture, abandonment, sexual harassment and incest.
In Chile, serious problems persist, particularly with regard to the participation of women in society. According to the United Nations Development Fund, in the area of women's access to education, Chile rates thirty-ninth in the world since school attendance is high for both girls and boys. This suggests that Chilean women have limited access to high-level jobs. Chile has laws to limit discrimination against women in the workplace. For example, there is a law prohibiting the use of pregnancy tests during hiring or promotion processes.