Fri Mar 11, 2022 – 6:49 pm EST
GUATEMALA CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Guatemala’s Congress approved a bill this week that bans same-sex “marriage” and increases punishments for abortion, though the country’s conservative president says that he plans to veto it.
Guatemala lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the “Protection of Life and Family” bill on Tuesday, with 101 of 160 voting in favor. Just eight voted against the law.
Under the bill, women who decide to kill their unborn children could face between five and 10 years in prison, up from a maximum of three. For doctors who conduct abortions, the penalty could be as high as 25 years, except when the mother’s life is deemed to be threatened.
The legislation also explicitly outlaws so-called same-sex “marriage,” which Guatemala does not currently recognize, and bars the promotion of “sexual diversity” and gender ideology in schools. Teachers may not instruct students that “anything other than heterosexuality is normal,” according to the bill.
Guatemala’s Congress passed the pro-life, pro-family measure on “International Woman’s Day,” a global holiday frequently used by the left to promote abortion.
But President Alejandro Giammattei, who touts himself as pro-life, announced Thursday that he intends to veto
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