The Family Matters Association had filed for an injunction on June 22, 2017 against De Leon Duque "to invalidate the use of the manual and to demand the ombudsman's office stop promoting abortion." Congressman Rodrigo Valladares subsequently joined the injunction filing.
The Supreme Court's ruling also ordered the Ombudsman's Office for Human Rights "to refrain from carrying out any activity which entails supporting or promoting abortion or abortion practices, their presentation (of it) as a right, the promotion of its legalization or the violation of the right to life from conception," the FMA reported.
It also set a deadline of three months for the current ombudsman, Jordan Rodas Andrade, "to develop the necessary materials to counteract the harm done by the manual in question."
In addition, the FMA stressed that the court has recognized that the ombudsman "has the grave and solemn obligation to defend life from its conception, an obligation he freely and voluntarily assumed by the oath to uphold the Constitution which he took in Congress at the time he accepted his office, if he wants to serve the nation."
The court ruling states that "any report, study, investigation, publication, campaign or activity that the Ombudsman carries out must seek to defend the fundamental rights guaranteed in the Constitution. Otherwise he would be exceeding his authority as provided by law."
The FMA also emphasized that the court enjoined Rodas Andrade to avoid "reverting to the actions of your predecessor, and to refrain from carrying out any activity which promotes abortion directly or indirectly" and to not join the campaigns or use the slogans " of those who in the supposed defense of the rights of women in vulnerable situations are promoting abortion under the disguised label of 'sexual and reproductive rights.'"
