Andorra in the Process of Partially Decriminalizing Abortion
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The text, which is still to be adopted by the Andorran Parliament, amends the article of the Penal Code making the voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG) liable to six months' imprisonment for those who practice it. However, the situation will remain unchanged for doctors who risk three years' imprisonment, accompanied by five years' ban on exercising, if they perform abortion in the principality, forcing the inhabitants of Andorra to continue…
The government of Andorra has introduced a bill to exempt women from criminal prosecution in case of abortion, while maintaining sanctions for doctors The government of Andorra,
The text envisages amending the article of the Penal Code making abortion liable to six months' imprisonment for those who have used it, but the situation will remain unchanged for doctors practising abortion, who risk three years' imprisonment.
Women who resort to abortion abroad will no longer be subject to criminal prosecution, but the penalization of medical personnel will be maintained in the principality for the sake of "protection of life", according to the Andorran executive, very close to the Vatican.
A bill partially decriminalizing abortion in Andorra was presented Wednesday, 28 October, by the government of the Principality. The text is the result of a process of negotiations with the Holy See.
The Andorran government presents a text that removes women from any criminal responsibility when they interrupt a pregnancy. Practitioners... The article Andorra removes the threat of imprisonment to women who abort, but not to doctors appeared first on Le Singulier.
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