Human Rights and Abortion

This article reports on how the Bush administration supported Nicaragua's 2006 decision to eliminate all exceptions on its abortion ban. So, previously abortions were basically illegal, but there were exceptions in the case of rape, or if three doctors agreed that a woman's life was in danger. I thought it was interesting, in light of our discussions about human rights, that the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights has called on Nicaragua to permit "therapeutic" abortions.