NICARAGUAN CONGRESS VOTES TO EXPAND BAN ON ABORTION
Winston-Salem Journal, November 3, 2006:
Managua, Nicaragua - Nicaragua's Congress voted yesterday to ban all abortions, including those that could save a mother's life.
If signed into law by President Enrique Bolanos, the bill would eliminate a 100-year-old exception to Nicaragua's abortion ban that permits the procedure if three doctors certify that the woman's health is at risk.
Bolanos had proposed increasing prison sentences for illegal abortions - about six years - to 10 to 30 years for women who have an abortion as well as those who assist them. However, legislators decided not to increase the penalties.
Managua, Nicaragua - Nicaragua's Congress voted yesterday to ban all abortions, including those that could save a mother's life.
If signed into law by President Enrique Bolanos, the bill would eliminate a 100-year-old exception to Nicaragua's abortion ban that permits the procedure if three doctors certify that the woman's health is at risk.
Bolanos had proposed increasing prison sentences for illegal abortions - about six years - to 10 to 30 years for women who have an abortion as well as those who assist them. However, legislators decided not to increase the penalties.
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