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Abortion divide stalls penal code reform in Dominican Republic
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – After more than 20 years trying to promote a reform of its penal code, the Dominican Republic has failed again to update its 19th-century set of criminal laws, in part due to tensions over abortion. The current legislature came to an …