Koroma blocks Abortion Bill again
13 March 2016 |
5:50 am
Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has again refused to sign a bill legalising abortion, saying it should be put to a referendum.
Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has again refused to sign a bill legalising abortion, saying it should be put to a referendum.
It was unanimously passed by legislators in December, but President Koroma refused to sign it after protests by religious leaders.
After consultations, the legislators returned the bill to him last month, unaltered, the BBC reports.
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