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117.21. Launch public discussions on the eventuality of abortion in cases
where a woman’s health or life is at risk if she continues with the pregnancy,
and, as a next step, decriminalize abortion (Czech Republic);
117.22. Modify the penal code in order to restore access to legal and safe
therapeutic abortion and the right for the victims of sexual abuse to a legal, safe
and unconditioned abortion (Denmark);
117.23. Repeal its current legislation that criminalizes the termination of
pregnancies in all circumstances, including in cases of rape, incest and
situations where the life of the mother is at risk (Finland);
117.24. Revise legislation to decriminalize abortion in cases of pregnancy
resulting from rape or incest and in cases where the life or health of the mother
is at risk, as recommended previously (Germany);
117.25. Overhaul fundamentally legislation on abortion, in the first place
with regard to victims of rape, especially victims that are minors, as well as
concerning pregnancies which seriously endanger the health of the woman
(Luxembourg);
117.26. Decriminalize abortion in cases of incest and rape and in cases in
which the life or physical integrity of women and adolescents is endangered
(Netherlands);
117.27. Decriminalize abortion, and ensure that girls and women are not
subject to reprisals for seeking an abortion under any circumstances (Norway);
117.28. Revise its legislation on abortion in order to enable it when the
pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, or when it endangers the life or health
of the mother (Belgium);
117.29. Decriminalize abortion in all circumstances and ensure that safe and
legal abortion services are available for those women and girls whose
pregnancy is a result of rape or whose lives or health are put at risk (Slovenia);
117.30. Consider amending the legislation on abortion in order to, as a first
step, take into account situations where pregnancy is the result of sexual
aggression or incest or when the pregnant woman is in danger, and assure
women of their rights to safe medical and reproductive health care (Sweden);
117.31. Temper the law banning therapeutic abortion, or even reintroduce
the law repealed in 2006, guaranteeing free choice for women victims of rape or
whose health is seriously endangered by the pregnancy (Switzerland).
118. Concerning recommendations 117.10 and 117.11, put forward by France and
Switzerland respectively, Nicaragua would have preferred that they be split into two
because it has different positions regarding the two international instruments listed
therein. Since this was not possible, the delegation had been forced to place both
recommendations in the group of those which do not enjoy the support of Nicaragua
and, thus, are noted. The Nicaraguan State has a transparent and well-known position
on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, for which it cannot accept
any recommendation that requires accession to that international instrument.
Nonetheless, the State will sovereignly consider the possibility of becoming a party to
the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance. The Government will send its views vis-à-vis this international
instrument along with the position of those recommendations contained in
paragraph 116.
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