This record contains the original Spanish article on abortion in the Unidad Popular by Piero Montebruno and Alejandra Delagado as it was published in The Clinic magazine in Santiago de Chile in 2003 and an English translation by Piero Montebruno of the original article. Cite this article as: Montebruno, Piero, Delgado, Alejandra, “La vía chilena hacia el aborto”, The Clinic, 2003. Montebruno, Piero, Delgado, Alejandra, “La vía chilena hacia el aborto”, The Clinic online, 13 de marzo, 2012. http://www.theclinic.cl/2012/03/13/la-via-chilena/ Montebruno, Piero, Delgado, Alejandra, “The Chilean way to abortion” (Montebruno, Piero, Trans.), The Clinic online, 13 March 2012. http://www.theclinic.cl/2012/03/13/la-via-chilena/ In Chile, until recently, abortion was illegal. Admiral Merino banned it entirely on the last day of the military dictatorship. Since then it has been a contentious issue. Overall, only three countries, Chile, the Vatican City, and Andorra prohibit it altogether. This article authored by Piero Montebruno and Alejandra Delgado was a runner-up in the Official Selection of New Journalism Award of the Foundation for a New Iberoamerican Journalism (FNPI) created by García Márquez himself. This article was first published in the print version of The Clinic in 2003. It was then republished in the online version of the magazine on 13 March 2012.