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EU to Nicaragua: “No Abortions,
No Aid”
Representatives from the
European Union are increasing
pressure on the government of
Nicaragua to reverse its recent
law which unilaterally forbids
abortion under any
circumstances.
According to a report from the
Catholic News Agency, the EU
representation has threatened to
withdraw economic assistance to
the country if the abortion law
is not reversed.
Marc Litvine, the EU
representative to Nicaragua,
said that the EU regards
legalized abortion as “linked to
aid programs against poverty and
to the rights of women”. He
expressed hope that “the new
government will be capable of
opening the debate and
discussing it outside the
passion of the electoral
season.”
Litvine commented on the new
government and its support of
the pro-life legislation saying,
“That’s where I see one of the
contradictions of the new
government; it claims to be
progressive, very modern, and it
is going backwards because for
us [the pro-life law] is a step
back.”
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