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Local December 5, 2015 | 9:05 am

Total abortion ban in DR puts women’s lives at risk: rights groups

Santo Domingo.– Rights groups in the Dominican Republic said the decision by the constitutional court to reinstate a total ban on abortion is putting women's lives at risk and takes women's and girls' human rights back to the 19th century.

Last year a reform passed by the congress and approved by President Danilo Medina amended the country's criminal code to allow abortion in cases of r... Read more

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