On May 17, 2012, the Center
for Reproductive Rights held a demonstration on the steps of the Honduran
Congress. Our mission: to stop the government from
passing a bill that will imprison women for using emergency contraception. Alejandra Cárdenas, Legal Adviser for Latin America and the
Caribbean, had planned to personally
hand-deliver 730,000 petitions to the Congress signed by activists in more than
80 countries in protest.
The response was completely unexpected.…