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March 14, 2023

Honduras's First Woman President Ends Ban on Emergency Contraception
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In Honduras, President Xiomara Castro has legalized the use of emergency
contraceptive medication, overturning a ban that was over a decade old.
Castro's executive order was issued on International Women's Day last
week. The morning-after pill was prohibited following the 2009
U.S.-backed military coup that put a right-wing, authoritarian
government in power. Abortion is still illegal in Honduras, including in
cases of rape, carrying a sentence of up to six years in prison for the
people who undergo the procedure, as well as those who provide it.


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