Last November, Nicaragua became the third country in the world, after Chile and El Salvador, to criminalize all abortions. There are no exceptions; not for rape, not for incest, not for threats to the life of the mother.

The Nicaraguan abortion law has been praised by Pope Benedict XVI and by U.S. "pro life" organizations. So far, this law has resulted in the deaths of at least 82 women. And that may be the tip of a much bigger iceberg.

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