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Close Vote: 27 in favor and 26 against motion against therapeutic abortion

by Q COSTARICA Tuesday 22 January 2019, 4:59 pm 2k Views

Legislators on Monday afternoon approved, with only one vote different, 27 votes in favor and 26 against, to make an excitatory to President Carlos Alvarado to refrain from issuing or expanding by decree the technical standard for the application of Article 121 of the Criminal Code, related to therapeutic abortion.
There was a presence of pro-life groups in the public gallery during the voting.
Legislators of several fractions presented a motion in the Full Legislature last week so that the government does not sign the protocol to apply the therapeutic abortion that would allow this practice when the life of the baby or the woman is at risk.
The proposal was raised by Shirley Diaz, a member of the Partido Unidad Social Cristiana (PUSC) who had the support