Amnesty International (AI) is calling on the Dominican Congress to decriminalize abortion as it begins debating its reform of the Penal Code today, Wednesday 24 October. The human rights organization mentions article 90 of the Penal Code that provides punishment for women who abort pregnancies as well as for anyone assisting them in the process, regardless of factors like risk to the mother’s life or the circumstances under which the pregnancy was conceived, according to an article in Listin Diario.