Over Their Dead Bodies

Denial of Access to Emergency Obstetric Care and Therapeutic Abortion in Nicaragua

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Overview

A Brief History of Abortion and the Law in Nicaragua

Impact of the Ban on Therapeutic Abortion

Denial of access to life- or health-saving abortion services

Denial or delay in access to other obstetric emergency care

Fear of seeking treatment

Recommendations

To the President of Nicaragua

To the Health Ministry of Nicaragua

To the National Assembly of Nicaragua

To Donors and United Nations agencies

Acknowledgments

October 2007 Volume 19, No. 2(B)