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Latin America and Caribbean

Dominican Republic adopts draconian abortion restrictions

May 14, 2009
Sharon Camp, Huffington Post

When the Dominican Republic's National Assembly voted in April 2009 to amend its constitution to include a right to life beginning at conception, the country continued a troubling trend among Latin American jurisdictions toward virtually eliminating women's recourse to safe abortion care. 

Under Dominican law, doctors who perform abortions--and women who obtain them--face harsh penalties, including prison sentences.

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