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Judi Lynn

(160,530 posts) Sun Apr 15, 2012, 05:16 PM Apr 2012

Rape victims face jail over contraception

Rape victims face jail over contraception
13 Apr 2012, 4:00 pm - By: Lisa Zilberpriver

A rights group is urging Honduras not to pass a law that would mean teens and rape victims could be jailed for years for using the 'morning after pill' contraceptive.

"Honduras is just days away from approving an extremist law that would put teenagers in prison for using the morning-after pill, even if they've just been raped," said an email from Avaaz.org.

The vote could occur any day, the email added.

"Some Congress members agree that this law - which would also jail doctors or anyone who sells the pill - is excessive, but they are bowing to the powerful religious lobby that wrongly claims the morning-after pill constitutes an abortion,' the email said.

More:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1642229/Rape-victims-face-jail-over-contraception

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Rape victims face jail over contraception (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2012 OP

The Reagan team wrote their constitution Warpy Apr 2012 #1

The country became a living hell for Hondurans after the US-supported filthy coup. Judi Lynn Apr 2012 #2

Warpy

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1. The Reagan team wrote their constitution

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 05:19 PM

Apr 2012

and now the government is entirely far right. I'm afraid women are going to end up with even worse treatment than this because as we all know, right wingers make their most vicious war against the female half of the human race.

Judi Lynn

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2. The country became a living hell for Hondurans after the US-supported filthy coup.

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 06:59 PM

Apr 2012

This country continued to support the illegal government, then, and continuously throughout the bloody murders and torturing of union leaders, teachers, human rights leaders, African Hondurans, indigenous Hondurans, anyone they suspect, which persists to today.

So glad to see your reminder of who it was who actually authored the horrendous constitution they created in the 1980's. The former head of the OAS, and former President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias said it was "the worst in the entire world."

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