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The debate over the legality of Antigua and Barbuda’s outdated abortion law is gaining attention. Earlier this week, local doctors and activists filed a constitutional lawsuit, against the law which only allows abortion when a woman’s life is in danger.<\/p>\n
They are advocating for new legislation that respects a woman’s right to choose.<\/p>\n
The government has stated that it will defer to the courts to decide on the future of the nation’s anti-abortion laws.<\/p>\n
The Cabinet spokesman Lionel Max Hurst emphasized that the government will wait for the judicial proceedings’ outcome and will act based on the court’s decision. The court is set to hear the case in September.<\/p>\n
Under the current law, a woman who ends a pregnancy can face 10 years in prison, while anyone who assists her can face two years in prison.<\/p>\n
Though the government has emphasized that it will follow the court’s guidance on this matter, religious leaders in St John\u2019s have threatened to protest any decision by the government to make any such move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The debate over the legality of Antigua and Barbuda’s outdated abortion law is gaining attention. Earlier this week, local doctors and activists filed a constitutional lawsuit, against the law which only allows abortion when a woman’s life is in danger….","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":324357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[262,286,17,235,9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gender","category-governance","category-health","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-regional"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n