Posted on 01/23/2021 5:44:28 PM PST by Ennis85
Parliament in Honduras has initially approved a bill that will make it virtually impossible to legalise abortion in the country.
The new measure will require at least three-quarters of Congress to vote in favour of modifying the abortion law, which is among the strictest in world.
Honduras forbids abortion under any circumstance, even rape or incest.
Its latest move comes in response to Argentina legalising abortion last month.
Across Latin America, there has been increased pro-choice campaigning, known as the "green wave", based on the colour worn by protesters.
The new legislation in Honduras hinges on an article in the constitution that gives a fetus the same legal status of a person. Constitutional changes have until now been permitted with a two-thirds majority, but the new legislation raises that bar to three-quarters within the 128-member body.
The measure still needs to be ratified by a second vote. However, support was clear on Thursday: with 88 legislators voting in favour, 28 opposed and seven abstentions.
Honduras has a stanchly conservative majority, which referred to the measure as a "shield against abortion".
"What they did was set this article in stone because we can never reform it if 96 votes are needed [out of 128]", opposition MP Doris Gutiérrez told AFP news agency.
Mario Pérez, a lawmaker with the ruling party of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, formally proposed the change last week, calling it a "constitutional lock" to prevent any future moderations of the abortion law.
"Every human being has the right to life from the moment of conception," said Mr Pérez.
Ahead of the vote, UN human rights experts condemned the move, saying in a statement: "This bill is alarming. Instead of taking a step towards fulfilling the fundamental rights of women and girls, the country is moving backwards."
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That’s what we need here. Biblical consequence for nationally legalized child sacrifice is invasion and conquest. We could get a reprieve but so far none is in sight.
Great cigars and fiercely pro-life. They’ve peaked my interest.
Roatan Island is stunningly beautiful.
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Women and girls do not have a fundamental right to murder anyone for any reason.
What about the rights of women and girls not to be lied to, subjected to hard sell techniques, and preyed upon by unscrupulous abortionists?
Good job, Honduras. May the rest of the world follow you in restoring the rights of women, girls, and the unborn.
One silver lining concerning any caravan from Honduras.
Great cigars and fiercely pro-life. They’ve peaked my interest.
And mine. If I wasn’t so damned old and decrepit I would investigate Honduras as a place to move to...I am deeply ashamed of the USA’s current power structure and I don’t see them being put in jail ever the way the SCOTUS, DOJ, etc are pro CHINESE and Progressives/liberals/marxists/socialists.
All I can see a shamefully belligerent thieves and murderers as our putative leaders.
And as bad as all that, I see them killing off dissenters...within no rule of law and being more than ready to subvert or just abandon our beautiful Constitution that has been giving us rights they don’t want us to have.
In 0bama’s first year, when Jugears and Hillary attempted to support a coup in Honduras to make them a Marxist dictatorship, I learned that their constitution is closer in design to ours than any other that I know of.
There are some differences that we wouldn’t like but the similarities are due to their intention to emulate what our Founders created for us.
Their constitution and a few brave pols and justices are what saved them from a corrupt president and that leftist coup run by American commies.
Remember when Barry Soetero wanted to destroy Honduras?
“Women and girls do not have a fundamental right to murder anyone for any reason.”
A “doctor” does it.
I wonder if the Obama Junta is going to try to overthrow the Honduan government this time.
Good. G-d bless Honduras!
Honduras does NOT have a Parliament. It is the National Congress of Honduras.
This is actually the best thing the crooked government has done.
Anything evil is possible now. I’ve sort of pulled back in to my own shell and wonder what evil new-old evil will come
Ahead of the vote, UN human rights experts condemned the move, saying in a statement: "This bill is alarming. Instead of taking a step towards fulfilling the fundamental rights of women and girls, the country is moving backwards."
Yeah. Foreboding.
Good for them ! Hallelujah! Godspeed !
I did just that during the Obama administration (after they kicked the Commies in the a$$). I was quite serious.
The showstopper was malaria.
Democrats arent going to like this. They want Hondurans here illegally or they want to kill their unborn there.
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