I have nothing to add to this article about what is happening in Nicaragua, I thought it important enough to bring attention if only so women can speak out for disenfranchised women of other countries who do not have the money or computers to spread the word. Who speaks for the women of Nicaragua when both parties are in a race to the bottom?
Is this what Bush wants for America?
30 year jail terms for women and the doctors who help them. This is a poverty stricken country where child mortality numbers are high.
http://upsidedownworld.org/...
Though abortion in non-emergency cases has always been illegal in Nicaragua, therapeutic abortion (in the case where the pregnancy endangers the mother's life) has been legal since 1893 under Article 165 of the Penal Code. The National Assembly did not vote to impose a proposed 30-year prison sentence for women who receive abortions and the doctors that perform these procedures. President Enrique Bolaños and the Catholic Church support this harsh punishment, which is on par with the toughest sentences given for homicide. The current six-year penalty for abortions thus stands and now extends to therapeutic abortions
Problems hindering social development include high crime rates, illiteracy and low levels of education and health. Some 75,000 severely malnourished children have been identified, a consequence of three simultaneous emergencies: chronic poverty, drought and the coffee crisis. Some 67 per cent of indigenous children suffer from chronic malnutrition.
More children at younger ages are entering the labour force. Infant mortality for the country is 40 per 1,000 live births, but for indigenous children it reaches 46 per 1,000 live births and doubles in isolated rural indigenous areas. Maternal mortality is 89 per 100,000 live births nationally, but in predominantly indigenous areas, such as as Alta Verapaz and Huehuetenango, it reaches 192 and 152 per 100,000 live births respectively. Some 2.4 million people, or 20 per cent of the population, are still outside the health system. From UNICEF