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January 27, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – The Congress of Honduras has voted to enact a “constitutional lock” to make it nearly impossible for any future government to try and overturn the central American nation’s decades-long ban on abortion.
Last Thursday, the Congress of Honduras voted 88 to 28 to require a three-quarters majority of congress to allow articles of its constitution to be changed, which currently protects the unborn.
All abortions, including in a case of rape or incest, have been illegal in Honduras since 1982. Currently, Article 67 of the Honduran Constitution states that “the unborn will be considered born for everything that favors within the limits of the law.”
The new “Shield Against Abortion in Honduras” bill will enshrine in the Honduran constitution the illegality of abortion, saying “it is considered prohibited and illegal by the mother or a third party to practice any kind of interruption of a life that is about to be born.”
The bill will also apply to the Honduran law that recognizes marriage as between a man and a woman.
The bill was brought forth on January 11
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