Honduras: In line with a call by President Juan Orlando Hernández, a cross-party commission in Honduras’s unicameral national legislature has thrown out a proposal to partially decriminalise abortion. A press release issued by the international human rights NGO Amnesty International (AI) ahead of the debate noted that abortion is banned without exception in seven countries in the Americas – Chile, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and Suriname – even when the health or life of a woman or girl is at risk. However, congresses in Chile, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic are currently debating possible changes to their legislation to allow for safe abortions in some circumstances.
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