The Dominican Republic is one of 24 countries in the world and one of six in Latin America that has a complete ban on abortion.[1] This complete ban includes situations in which a pregnant person’s life is at risk.[2]
Abortion was banned in all circumstances in 1884.[3] Abortion was then constitutionally prohibited on September 18, 2009, when Article 37 in the Dominican Republic’s 2010 constitution was ratified, declaring a right to life from conception.[4]
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- ^ "Dominican Republic takes women's rights back to 1884". 3 December 2015.
- ^ Mia So, "Resolving Conflicts of Constitution: Inside the Dominican Republic's Constitutional Ban on Abortion," Indiana Law Journal 86, no. 2 (Spring 2011): 713-734