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Nicaraguan President Bolanos Signs Bill That Bans Abortion in All Cases

November 21, 2006

Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos on Friday signed into law a bill that bans abortion in all cases, the New York Times reports (McKinley, New York Times, 11/20). Nicaragua's Asamblea Nacional, the national Legislature, in October voted 52-0 with nine abstentions and 29 not present to pass the bill. Under the law, women convicted of having an illegal abortion and those convicted...