The appellant, Mr. Parenzee, had filed an application seeking permission to appeal against the decision of the trial Judge before the Full Bench of the Supreme Court of South Australia. The ground for the appeal as put by the appellant was a miscarriage of justice caused by the absence of a piece of evidence at …Read more

The petitioner, a social activist, filed a writ petition to challenge the constitutionality of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. Specifically, the petitioner alleged that Section 3(2) (a) and (b), and Explanations 1 and 2 which allow termination of pregnancy in exceptional cases after receiving the opinion of the registered medical practitioner, violated the …Read more

The plaintiff filed a guarantee of protection of individual constitutional rights (amparo protection) with the Federal First Instance Court against the Province of Buenos Aires and the State for them to provide comprehensive coverage for her sclerosis multiple treatment because she didn’t have the economic resources to afford the medicine. The State provided her 3 boxes …Read more

The plaintiffs, Mercedes Clelia Barria and Juan Carlos Figueroa, filed a guarantee of protection of individual constitutional rights (amparo protection) and a precautionary measure against the Government of the Province of Chubut and the National Government, both responsible for the Federal Health Program (a , to obtain the continuation of the medical treatment which was essential …Read more

The plaintiffs filed a guarantee of protection of individual constitutional rights (amparo protection) against the Health Insurance of the Province of Buenos Aires (IOMA), and subsequently, the Province of Buenos Aires and the National State to provide health coverage for their underage son who was disabled. The plaintiffs argued that as the health insurance company …Read more

The plaintiff filed a guarantee of protection of individual constitutional rights (amparo protection) against the Ministry of Health and the Province of Buenos Aires to obtain coverage for the medical treatment that he required. The case was brought by the Federal Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of Justice because it understood that it …Read more

The plaintiff, a non profit organization that defended the life of children, filed a guarantee of protection of individual constitutional rights (amparo protection) against the National Ministry of Health and Social Service calling for the prohibition of the manufacture and distribution of an emergency contraceptive pill called “Inmediat” for its alleged “abortive effects”. The First …Read more

The plaintiff, Maria Constantina Capizzano de Galdi, filed a guarantee of protection of individual constitutional rights (amparo protection) against the Social Welfare Institute (“Instituto de Obra Social”) in order to restore the medical service that was no longer offered to her. The plaintiff’s medical services were suspended by the respondent by a resolution for failure …Read more

The plaintiff filed a guarantee of protection of individual constitutional rights (amparo protection) against a public hospital in the city of Buenos Aires, to obtain the termination of a pregnancy because the fetus was anencephalic (a baby born with an underdeveloped brain and an incomplete skull), which was denied by the hospital. Abortions are illegal in …Read more

The plaintiff filed a claim arguing the constitutionality of article 16 of the law no.6982, which required retirees and pensioners who previously received health services from the Institute of Social Welfare to change their affiliation to the Institute of Medical Assistance IOMA (a health provider). The plaintiff claimed that this law violated articles 14, 17, 28, 33, …Read more