Nicaragua prefers the dark ages for their women

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/27/nicaragua-blanket-ban-abortions-rape


Nicaragua's ban on abortion 'compels rape and incest victims to give birth

'Amnesty report details shocking effects of country's penal code which criminalises abortions in all cases


Nicaragua's ban on all abortions, even when a woman's life is at risk, is compelling incest and rape victims to give birth and contributing to an increase in maternal deaths, according to a report from Amnesty International.

Delegates from the human rights charity, who recently visited the predominantly Catholic country, say young girls subjected to sexual violence by family or friends are forced to give birth even when they are carrying their own brothers and sisters.

The report also says the law has led to a recorded rise in pregnant teenagers committing suicide by consuming poison.

Official figures show 33 girls and women died in pregnancy in the past year, compared to 20 in the previous year, it says. But the numbers are feared to be greater as the government itself has acknowleged incidents of maternal deaths are under-recorded.

Abortion was a key issue for the 2006 presidential election, won by former Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega. The former revolutionary, who once supported abortion rights, mobilised his supporters behind a campaign for a blanket ban on terminations, which was signed into law just before he took office.

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The church has been seen as a powerful force behind the ban in a country where an estimated 85% of the population is Catholic. Just 3% of the world's countries, including El Salvador and Chile, have such an absolute ban in place.
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the Catholic war against women continues

the world wide male war against women continues