Bolivia lawmakers vote to ease right abortion restrictions
Bolivia lawmakers vote to ease right abortion restrictions
Women hold signs with Spanish messages: “Clandestine or legal, abortion kills all the same,” left, and “A pregnant woman needs support not abortion,” center below, and “Abortion is the greatest violence against women,” far right, on the first day of their hunger strike to protest abortions outside the Cathedral in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Bolivian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to ease the country’s tight restrictions on abortions, shrugging aside opposition from religious groups. (Juan Karita/Associated Press)
By Associated Press December 6 at 9:15 PM
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian lawmakers voted Wednesday to ease the country’s tight restrictions on abortions, shrugging aside opposition from religious groups.
The Legislative Assembly vote will allow “students, adolescents or girls” to have abortions up to the eighth week of pregnancy. The measure doesn’t specify ages, but it appears to apply to girls up to and including 17 years old and older students who still depend on their parents or guardians.
Abortion in Bolivia currently is allowed only when the woman’s life is in danger, in the case of a malformed fetus or in cases of rape or incest. Illegal abortion carry prison terms of up to three years.
President Evo Morales has said he’ll sign the measure, despite opposition from Catholic and Evangelical churches in the country.
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