The cost of Nicaragua’s abortion ban

Amnesty International has released a report on how last year’s Nicaragua ban outlawing abortion in all cases has already begun to effect the girls and women of the nation, primarily in low-income communities.
While the Nicaraguan health ministry has declared its commitment to reducing maternal mortality in the past, banning what they call “therapeutic abortion” in cases where the woman’s health is in danger has potentially resulted in an increase in maternal mortality in the last year.
Doctors have also reported that it is as if their “back is to the wall” when pregnant women with complications come to their hospital. In the video, health care professionals talk about the fact that pregnant women are often passed from doctor to doctor because everyone is in fear of being accused of intervening in the pregnancy. And if the woman dies from complications, they’re held liable for negligence by the woman’s family.
Amnesty International’s Executive Deputy Secretary General Kate Gilmore says,

“Nicaragua’s ban of therapeutic abortion is a disgrace. It is a human rights scandal that ridicules medical science and distorts the law into a weapon against the provision of essential medical care to pregnant girls and women.”

Thirty-three girls and women in Nicaragua have died from pregnancy complications this year (compared to 20 last year). And I don’t doubt it will only get worse.
You can download the report here, and take action here.