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The Guatemalan Congress on Tuesday approved a law ramping up prison sentences for women who have an abortion, while banning gay marriage and teaching on sexual diversity.
The Life and Family Protection Act punishes women who “have induced their own abortion or given their consent to another person to carry it out” with 10 years behind bars more than three times the current sentence of three years.
The bill is set to come into law once Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei signs it.
It also punishes anyone who induces an abortion without a woman’s consent with up to 50 years in prison.
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Gov. Chris Sununu says House Bill 1609 would remove the ultrasound requirement as an exception for cases of sexual assault, rape, and incest, for fetal anomalies incompatible with life, and if the health or life of the mother was at risk.
Gov. Chris Sununu says House Bill 1609 would remove the ultrasound requirement as an exception for cases of sexual assault, rape, and incest, for fetal anomalies incompatible with life, and if the health or life of the mother was at risk.
Although a resource-rich country, almost 40 percent of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) population lives in poverty. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted ongoing challenges with government inaction, economic mismanagement, and a severely under-resourced health care system.