Guatemala: Abortion

(asked on 21st March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the increased prison sentences for women who have abortions in Guatemala.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 29th March 2022

The UK monitors the human rights situation in Guatemala closely, particularly women's rights. A recently proposed "Law for the Protection of Life and Family", which included increased prison sentences for women who have had abortions in Guatemala, was vetoed by Guatemalan President Giammattei this month. The British Embassy in Guatemala has raised the UK's concerns on women's rights directly with the Guatemalan government, including with the Presidential Secretariat for Women. The UK is also currently funding a regional project, including in Guatemala, focused on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls, with the objective of strengthening local women's organisations' ability to identify priorities and challenges to ending violence.

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