Mental health and gender discrimination in the context of therapeutic abortion in Peru

Authors

  • Dessiré Nalvarte Cuzcano Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

    Bachillera en Derecho por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Estudios en Derecho Administrativo, Género y Derecho internacional de los Derechos Humanos. Secretaria técnica de la Comisión Especial para la intervención frente al Hostigamiento Sexual en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Secretaria técnica de la Comisión Especial Permanente para la intervención frente al Hostigamiento Sexual de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Contacto: dessire.nalvarte@pucp.pe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/iusetveritas.201902.010

Keywords:

Therapeutic Abortion, Mental health, Gender Discrimination, Fundamental Rights

Abstract

The article develops a descriptive research approach on a 2015 particular case reported to INDECOPI because a clinic did not evaluate the mental health of a pregnant woman and correctly processed her request for therapeutic abortion, as well as that she would have suffered gender discrimination. Therefore, it is analyzed whether legally, in our country, there is an obligation to evaluate the mental health of the pregnant woman and what should be understood as “serious and permanent health damage”, as it is contemplated in the legal devices. This document also develops gender discrimination in the commercial sphere and how gender stereotypes of the medical personnel led to denying the requested service that merited the medical stage of the pregnant woman.

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Published

2019-08-03

How to Cite

Nalvarte Cuzcano, D. (2019). Mental health and gender discrimination in the context of therapeutic abortion in Peru. IUS ET VERITAS, (59), 146–161. https://doi.org/10.18800/iusetveritas.201902.010

Issue

No. 59 (2019)

Section

Main Section

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.