Nicaragua to jail doctors that carry out abortions
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061027/hl_afp/nicaraguapolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061027/capt.sge.fwa06.271006001232.photo00.photo.default-512x317.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=PM_8n4820B67Pt0jQKrkMw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Women take part in a demostration against the penalization of the therapeutic abortion, moments before a new law prohibiting the procedure was voted on by the Congress (National Assembly), in Managua, Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan Congress approved a law punishing doctors who carry out abortions on rape victims and women who could die at childbirth with a four-to-eight jail sentence.(AFP/Miguel Alvarez)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Nicaraguan Congress approved a law punishing doctors who carry out abortions on rape victims and women who could die at childbirth with a four-to-eight jail sentence.</p><br clear="all"/>