The Chilean senate is discussing a proposal to decriminalize abortion in 3 situations. One of these is when the pregnancy occurs as a result of a rape. To access a legal abortion in this circumstance, a healthcare team must confirm the facts constituting the offence. Regardless of the patient's will, the accusation will be reported for judicial consideration. In its current status, the proposed rule does not consider certain legal medicine and procedural issues, such as: a) wrongful convictions as a consequence of false allegations of rape; (b) some who are pregnant due to a rape will not have access to an abortion e; (c) some accusations of rape will not be accredited nor criminally sanctioned. A fictitious case will be used to illustrate how those scenarios can be managed in practice. It also will emphasize the difficulties and limitations that the healthcare team will encounter if the bill is approved under the current conditions. The paper encourages the professional societies, involved in this area of legal medicine practice, to contribute to the legislatorial debate. Furthermore, the paper offers a set of proposals aimed to improve the bill before it may be enacted as a law.