Honduras ended more than a decade-long ban on the 'morning after pill,' after President Xiomara Castro signed an executive order on Wednesday.
TEGUCIGALPA — Honduran President Xiomara Castro signed an executive order ending a ban of more than 10 years on the use and sale of the “morning after pill,” fulfilling a campaign promise long-awaited by feminist groups.
Honduras, a heavily Catholic nation, banned the use and sale of the morning after pill in 2009, arguing the emergency contraception would cause abortions.The Central American country criminalizes abortions, with those convicted facing up to six years in prison, even in cases of rape or incest. Hundreds of women marched through Honduras’ largest cities of Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula on Wednesday with demands ranging from expanded reproductive rights to ending femicides, or the killing of women due to their gender.
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