Activists demonstrate in support of abortion rights outside Ecuador's Assembly a day before lawmakers resume the debate to approve regulation of abortion in cases of rape, in Quito, Ecuador, February 16, 2022. REUTERS/Karen Toro
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's National Assembly on Thursday approved regulation to allow women and girls access to abortions in cases of rape, amid widespread debate about the issue in the mostly conservative country.
The vote comes after the Constitutional Court gave the green light for abortion in cases of rape last April and ordered legislators to speedily regulate the procedure.
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