NICARAGUA ABORTION BAN 'CRUEL AND INHUMAN DISGRACE'


	NICARAGUA ABORTION BAN 'CRUEL AND INHUMAN DISGRACE'

ellington

7-28-2009 5:57 PM

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abortion, nicaragua

ellington says:

THE COUNTRY CRIMINALIZE S ALL FORMS OF ABORTION ,REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3921bae9-eccf-447b-8143-2fe3b66a8c9c/EDFF108A-D7C0-464A-908B-967FCC01FBD1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/28/nicaragua.abortion.ban/index.html?iref=werecommend" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/28/nicaragua.abortion.ban/index.html?iref=werecommend" style="font-size: 11px;">edition.cnn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/28/nicaragua.abortion.ban/index.html?iref=werecommend"><H1>  Nicaragua abortion ban 'cruel and inhuman disgrace'  </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/28/nicaragua.abortion.ban/index.html?iref=werecommend"><UL><LI class="cnnHiliteHeader">Story Highlights</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Nicaragua's total ban on abortion is a "cruel disgrace," said Amnesty International<BR /> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> The country criminalizes all forms of abortion, regardless of the circumstances<BR /> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Amnesty has released a report assesing the impact of the ban on women's lives</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/28/nicaragua.abortion.ban/index.html?iref=werecommend"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/edition.cnn.com/img/7E34640E-46F2-4B7F-8BB1-0F97BE921B85" alt="Nicaraguan women hold up signs shaped like the female form during a 2007 protest against the anti-abortion law." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/28/nicaragua.abortion.ban/index.html?iref=werecommend"><P>
		Nicaraguan women hold up signs shaped like the female form during a 2008 protest against the anti-abortion law.
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