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08-05-2009, 06:20 PM
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(CNN) -- Nicaragua's total ban on abortion is a "cruel, inhuman disgrace" that's led to the rise in maternal deaths, human rights organization Amnesty International has said.
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Nicaraguan women hold up signs shaped like the female form during a 2008 protest against the anti-abortion law.
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The Central American country's revised penal code on abortion came into force in July 2008 and criminalizes all forms of abortion regardless of the circumstances, even in cases of rape or incest, a deformed fetus, or when the mother's life is in danger.
Amnesty's researchers visited the country on a fact-finding mission to assess the impact on the lives of women in Nicaragua.
The findings are detailed in the report issued Monday, titled: "The total abortion ban in Nicaragua: Women's lives and health endangered, medical professionals criminalized."
(CNN) -- Nicaragua's total ban on abortion is a "cruel, inhuman disgrace" that's led to the rise in maternal deaths, human rights organization Amnesty International has said.
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Nicaraguan women hold up signs shaped like the female form during a 2008 protest against the anti-abortion law.
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The Central American country's revised penal code on abortion came into force in July 2008 and criminalizes all forms of abortion regardless of the circumstances, even in cases of rape or incest, a deformed fetus, or when the mother's life is in danger.
Amnesty's researchers visited the country on a fact-finding mission to assess the impact on the lives of women in Nicaragua.
The findings are detailed in the report issued Monday, titled: "The total abortion ban in Nicaragua: Women's lives and health endangered, medical professionals criminalized."