but Nicaragua is now officially on the Grumpy boycott list
Hopes among women's groups in Nicaragua that President Enrique Bolaños would stop one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Latin America from taking effect have been dashed, as the president signed it into law late Friday.
Abortion has been illegal in Nicaragua for more than a century, and most women who decide to end unwanted pregnancies seek procedures at underground clinics. But the new law strikes out a clause that made it possible for a woman to obtain an abortion legally when three doctors certified that unless she did, her own life would be in danger.
For months, the proposed law has drawn fierce criticism from several local women's groups, the country's association of gynecologists, the United Nations, the World Health Organization and Human Rights Watch, among others.
"This is a throwback to the Middle Ages for women's rights," Juana Jiménez, the leader of the Women's Autonomous Movement in Nicaragua, said after the law was passed.
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