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Ecuador veta despenalizar el aborto en casos de emergencia médica

En el país, el aborto está penalizado y solo es permitido cuando la madre está en riesgo, con comprobación médica

Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno speaks during a press conference at the Mariscal Sucre Airport in Quito on April 12, 2018.
Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno announced Thursday he would return home from the Summit of Americas in Peru to address a "critical situation" related to a team of abducted reporters following reports they had been killed after having been abducted by dissident Colombian rebels on March 26th while on assignment in the border area where Ecuadoran security forces have come under a series of deadly attacks blamed on rogue FARC elements involved in drug trafficking.  / AFP PHOTO / Rodrigo BUENDIA
Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno speaks during a press conference at the Mariscal Sucre Airport in Quito on April 12, 2018. Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno announced Thursday he would return home from the Summit of Americas in Peru to address a "critical situation" related to a team of abducted reporters following reports they had been killed after having been abducted by dissident Colombian rebels on March 26th while on assignment in the border area where Ecuadoran security forces have come under a series of deadly attacks blamed on rogue FARC elements involved in drug trafficking. / AFP PHOTO / Rodrigo BUENDIA RODRIGO BUENDIA
El presidente de Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, durante una conferencia de prensa. Foto: Rodrigo Buendia / AFP Photo (RODRIGO BUENDIA)

Quito. El presidente de Ecuador Lenin Moreno rechazó este viernes un proyecto de ley aprobado por el Congreso para permitir el aborto en todos los casos de emergencia médica.

Moreno "acaba de presentar (ante la Asamblea Nacional) la objeción total al proyecto", denominado Código Orgánico de Salud (COS), dijo a la prensa la secretaria jurídica de la presidencia, Johana Pesántez.

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