Worldwide Information Blogger Luc Schrijvers: Life or Death Choices Under Honduras’ Abortion Ban

zaterdag 8 juni 2019

Life or Death Choices Under Honduras’ Abortion Ban

THE WEEK IN RIGHTS | JUNE 6, 2019

Life or Death Choices for Women Living Under Honduras’ Abortion Ban

Abortion in all instances, including rape, is illegal in Honduras. Any woman who has an abortion, and anyone found to have helped her, can be charged with a crime and imprisoned.

Here’s the thing: Research from around the world has shown that when abortion is banned, women don’t have fewer abortions – they just have riskier ones, where they put their health, and sometimes even their lives, at risk.

No one knows exactly how many women and girls have clandestine abortions in Honduras, but one Honduran nongovernmental organization (NGO) estimated somewhere between 50,000 and 80,000 abortions occur each year.

Human Rights Watch recently went to Honduras to talk to women about their experiences, their fear, and the risks they took, under the abortion ban.

READ THEIR STORIES »

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