This is an old article, but given Ortega the Child Molesters illegal invasion of another central american country I have been doing more research on him and Nicaragua since it is not talked about much here. So far it's not pretty:
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/03/07/nicaraguans-international-women-s-day-marks-step-backUntil recently, Nicaraguan women had something to celebrate on March 8, International Women’s Day. Nicaraguan women have fought for years to protect women’s rights, not to restrict them, and decades ago the government eliminated some of the sexist laws that discriminated against women.
But today, instead of building on these hard-won protections, Daniel Ortega’s government is chipping away at the very laws that put them in place. Nowhere is this setback starker than in women’s basic rights to life and health
International Women's Day this year marks a day of mourning as well as celebration in Nicaragua. In November 2006 the National Assembly enacted a blanket ban on abortion, criminalizing the procedure even when a woman’s life is at risk. Since then, dozens of Nicaraguan women with medical conditions that require a lifesaving therapeutic abortion or emergency obstetric care have died needless deaths or suffered severe disabilities.
Nicaraguan doctors told us of the chilling effect the ban has had on their ability to deliver emergency obstetric care. With healthcare workers fearing prosecution if they are suspected of an inducing an abortion, one young woman bled to death because she could not receive treatment in a public hospital. Doctors say they are torn between obeying the dictates of Nicaragua’s new penal code and ensuring their patient’s well-being.
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