New Dominican Law OKs Abortion if Life at Risk

December 23, 2014

(Medical Xpress) – The Dominican Republic on Friday approved a law that for the first time decriminalizes abortions if the mother’s life is at risk. The measure goes into effect late next year and is part of a new penal code that President Danilo Medina signed despite multiple protests. Legislators have pledged that they will soon submit a separate bill to decriminalize abortions in cases of rape, incest or fetus malformation, something that Medina requested last month.