On 19 July 2017,[38] the Senate of Chile approved legislation permitting abortion under limited circumstances (if the pregnancy endangers the life of the woman, if the fetus is not viable, if the pregnancy resulted from rape) with 22 votes in favor and 13 against.[39] On 3 August, the Chamber of Deputies of Chile approved the legislation with 70 votes in favor, 45 votes against and 1 abstention.[39] On 21 August 2017,[40] Chile's Constitutional Court accepted the constitutionality of the measure with a 6–4 vote.[41] President Michelle Bachelet, who had already signed the draft bill version of the law in 2015 before it was passed in August 2017,[42] praised the court's decision to make the bill a law.[42] According to polls, 70% of Chileans approve of such a law