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Nicaragua: Working for Safety Despite Abortion Ban

By Karim Velasco, RH Reality Check, Latin America

May 8, 2008 - 8:20am

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After more than a hundred years of legally allowing women access to a therapeutic abortion, in October 2006 the Nicaraguan National Assembly banned this procedure in all circumstances. Now women's health groups are working to mitigate the damage.

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