Dominican Republic lower house upholds abortion ban
Dominican legislators rejected a loosening of strict abortion laws sought by President Danilo Medina.
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Dominican president using abortion for re-election: priest resigning as Church’s presidential liaison
Father Manuel Ruiz de la Rosa charges that the president is using abortion to open debate on the Constitution, in the hope of changing a provision barring him from running again.
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Dominican pro-lifers urge lawmakers to override president’s veto of tightened abortion law
Hundreds of Catholics and Protestants rallied in front of the Dominican Republic’s Congress on Tuesday.
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‘Don’t let pro-aborts turn us into a slaughterhouse’: Dominican pro-lifers beg aid as president hopes to ease abortion law
President Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic has urged Parliament to allow exceptions for rape, incest, and fetal malformation in the nation's abortion law.
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Dominican Republic president urges Parliament to legalize abortion in cases of rape, incest
The Caribbean nation's president vetoed a bill doubling the sentence for committing an abortion.
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