Nicaraguan president signs abortion ban
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - President Enrique Bolanos signed a bill Friday banning abortion in all cases — including when a woman's life is endangered — despite opposition from doctors, women's rights groups and diplomats.
President-elect Daniel Ortega, who once favored abortion rights, changed his stance and supported the law after strongly embracing Roman Catholicism and winning over voters in a country with a conservative religious tradition.
Nicaragua is about 85 percent Catholic, with many of the remainder belonging to conservative evangelical churches.
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