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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, January 28, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The Congress of Honduras has cemented its constitutional reform to require a three-quarter majority to change the Latin American country’s protection of unborn life.
After recently voting to fortify its legal ban on abortion with a “constitutional lock,” voting 88-28 in favor of the constitutional reform in the previous legislature, Congress just had that vote ratified by the new legislature, increasing the vote share to 90 votes in favor, thus making the pro-life position even stronger.
Honduran law requires that, for a constitutional reform to be validated, it must be proposed and approved by one legislature and subsequently ratified by a second. Today’s ratification means that a three-quarter majority of Congress will be required to make any changes to the constitution of Honduras, which contains strong pro-life and pro-family protections.
It is expected that the new decree will be published tomorrow, Friday, January 29, in the Official Journal of the State of Honduras, La Gaceta.
All abortions, including in a case of rape or incest, have been illegal in Honduras since 1982. Currently,
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