Editing Civil union (section)

===Costa Rica===
{{Main|Recognition of same-sex unions in Costa Rica}}
The [[Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica]] passed a bill in early July 2013 that "confers social rights and benefits of a civil union, free from discrimination", language inserted by lawmaker [[José María Villalta Florez-Estrada]] of the [[Broad Front (Costa Rica)|Broad Front]] party. After the bill passed, several media outlets reported that conservative lawmakers realized the bill's implications for same-sex unions and urged President [[Laura Chinchilla]], who is set to face Villalta in the 2014 presidential election, to use her [[veto]] power to stop the bill from becoming law. Chinchilla, who has suggested the courts should determine the legality of same-sex unions in Costa Rica, refused and signed the bill into law on 4 July. A gay couple has filed an appeal with the [[Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica]] asking that their union be recognized under the new law.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/costa-rica-legalized-gay-civil-unions-19591091|title=Costa Rica May Have Legalized Gay Civil Unions|date=6 July 2013|access-date=6 July 2013|agency=Associated Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711010246/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/costa-rica-legalized-gay-civil-unions-19591091|archive-date=11 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Gay rights activists reacting to the law said it needs to survive a constitutional challenge in court.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2013/07/05/costa-rica-passes-legislation-permitting-gay-civil-unions-by-accident/|title=Costa Rica Passes Legislation Permitting Gay Civil Unions -- By Accident|date=5 July 2013|access-date=6 July 2013|agency=Fox News Latino}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ticotimes.net/More-news/News-Briefs/Costa-Rican-legislature-accidentally-passes-gay-marriage-legalization_Wednesday-July-03-2013|agency=Tico Times|date=3 July 2013|access-date=6 July 2013|title=Costa Rican legislature accidentally passes gay marriage legalization|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706152250/http://www.ticotimes.net/More-news/News-Briefs/Costa-Rican-legislature-accidentally-passes-gay-marriage-legalization_Wednesday-July-03-2013|archive-date=6 July 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Some constitutional lawyers stated that same-sex couples will "still lack legal capacity" to formalize their unions, despite passage of the bill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/costa-rican-lawyers-claim-%E2%80%98accidental%E2%80%99-bill-does-nothing-same-sex-unions060713|title=Costa Rican lawyers claim 'accidental' bill does nothing for same-sex unions|date=6 July 2013|access-date=6 July 2013|archive-date=20 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920235913/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/costa-rican-lawyers-claim-%e2%80%98accidental%e2%80%99-bill-does-nothing-same-sex-unions060713/|url-status=dead}}</ref>