Xiomara Castro had spoken out for legalized abortion and same-sex marriage during the campaign that led to her election as president
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Tegucigalpa (AFP) –
Honduras' first woman president, Xiomara Castro, on Thursday lifted a 14-year-old ban on the emergency contraceptive pill in one of the last countries to outlaw its use.
Access to the pill was a key demand of women's rights groups in Honduras, which maintains an absolute ban on abortion along with its Central American neighbors El Salvador and Nicaragua.