Guatemala City (AP) — On Tuesday, the Guatemalan parliament withheld a controversial law approved by government representatives and allies on March 8, increasing penalties for abortion and banning equal marriage after widespread rejection of this norm in Central American countries.
Congress gave green light to the archives of the Life Protection Act and Family Protection Act passed, as if celebrating International Women's Day with 119 votes, 15 votes against, and 26 absenteeism from a total of 160 deputies. Various organizations for the protection of human rights, both national and international, have warned that the law criminalized women and discriminated against non-heterosexual people.
The law was approved the day before the National Day for families commissioned by Congress was celebrated, and Guatemala was declared by analysts as the pro-life capital of Ibero America, considered a sign of moral and conservative radicalization of Guatemalan politicians.
President Alejandro Giammattei, who appointed Guatemala as the pro-living capital of Ibero America, rebuked him a few days later for family protection laws, saying that he violated the law and would veto if he got into his hands.
The law submitted increased the imprisonment of women who committed abortions from 3 to 10 years, except for miscarriages. This regulation also extended the punishment to doctors and those who facilitated the termination of pregnancy, performing abortion without consent and, as a result, having been sentenced to 50 years in prison for a crime in which the mother died, previously sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Guatemalan legislation precludes therapeutic abortion as being unpunishable, but the law enacted more requirements for this exception to be applied.
The law also prohibited marriage or recognition of free unions of same-sex couples.In addition, public and private educational institutions were prohibited from promoting policies or programs in childhood and adolescence, which “tend to shift their identity according to gender at birth.”
Últimas Noticias
Debanhi Escobar: they secured the motel where she was found lifeless in a cistern
Members of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office in Nuevo León secured the Nueva Castilla Motel as part of the investigations into the case
The oldest person in the world died at the age of 119
Kane Tanaka lived in Japan. She was born six months earlier than George Orwell, the same year that the Wright brothers first flew, and Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize
Macabre find in CDMX: they left a body bagged and tied in a taxi
The body was left in the back seats of the car. It was covered with black bags and tied with industrial tape
The eagles of America will face Manchester City in a duel of legends. Here are the details
The top Mexican football champion will play a match with Pep Guardiola's squad in the Lone Star Cup
Why is it good to bring dogs out to know the world when they are puppies
A so-called protection against the spread of diseases threatens the integral development of dogs
