{"id":23016,"date":"2017-02-24T11:21:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T11:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=23016"},"modified":"2017-02-24T11:21:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T11:21:35","slug":"guatemala-blocks-entry-to-dutch-ship-providing-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/guatemala-blocks-entry-to-dutch-ship-providing-abortions.html","title":{"rendered":"Guatemala blocks entry to Dutch ship providing abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGuatemala blocks entry to Dutch ship providing abortions<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tGuatemala blocks entry to Dutch ship providing abortions:-<\/strong> Guatemala's army detained a boat carrying a supply of abortion pills on Thursday and prevented it from picking up women seeking to end their pregnancies, saying the move was prohibited by the country's constitution.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe boat, operated by Dutch nonprofit Women on Waves, was in military custody with some of its seven crew members still aboard, after landing at a private pier at the Port of San Jose, 75 miles (120 km) south of the capital, said Leticia Zenevich, a spokeswoman for the group.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe organization provides free abortion services for women pregnant up to 10 weeks, beyond the territorial waters of countries where abortion is illegal.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe abortion pill – also known as a medication abortion — combines two medicines, <\/span><\/span><\/span>mifepristone<\/span><\/span><\/span> and misoprostol, to end a pregnancy. It is more than 90 percent effective for women up to 10 weeks pregnant.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a statement, the Guatemalan army said that it would not allow the nonprofit to carry out its activities, in adherence "to the Constitution regarding the preservation of human life and the laws in effect in our country."<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe trip was the first made by the organization since Morocco blocked a ship from entering one of its harbors in 2012, Zenevich said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMarleny Arias, a 50-year-old Guatemalan, heckled the ship's crew, yelling: "Why don't you go to the Netherlands to kill children?"<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tGroup organizers defended the legality of the ship's operation, which picks up women on shore and brings them to international waters where local laws do not apply.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOn board, women are given an abortion pill and remain under observation for a few hours before returning to land.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"Guatemala has been chosen because the laws are very restrictive on the subject of abortion," said <\/span><\/span><\/span>Quetzali<\/span><\/span><\/span> Cerezo, director of Women in Equity in Guatemala, which helps the Dutch nonprofit.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Guatemala, where Catholic and Evangelical churches hold powerful influence, abortions are only permitted if a mother's life is at risk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to the organization, which was founded in 1999, some 65,000 illegal abortions are performed annually in the Latin American country.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-guatemala-abortion-idUSKBN163080<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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