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Honduras's first woman president legalises morning-after-pill
Published
6 hours ago
By Megha Mohan
Gender and Identity reporter
Honduran President Xiomara Castro has overturned a 13-year ban on the emergency contraceptive pill.
The country's first-ever woman leader said she had made the change by executive order for International Women's Day, on 8 March.The morning-after pill was "part of women's reproductive rights, and not abortive", she said on social media.
President Castro, who took office in 2022, has promised to relax Honduras's restrictive reproductive rights laws.
"Today 8 March commemorates women's historic struggle," President Castro tweeted. "I am signing the Executive Order for the universal use of the morning-after pill."
She added: "The World Health Organization determined it is part of women's reproductive rights and not abortive."
More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64908816
Viva Xiomara Castro! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹