Women in Honduras use secret networks to bypass abortion ban.

Women in Honduras are turning to clandestine networks to safely terminate their pregnancies despite the country's strict abortion ban. Activists in these networks use code words, aliases, encrypted messages, and burner phones to provide information and abortion pills to women seeking help. Honduras has one of the world's strictest abortion bans, with a constitutional prohibition on terminating pregnancy in all cases, even rape. The Guttmacher Institute estimates that more than 50,000 abortions occur in Honduras annually, and activists say they believe no Honduran women are currently imprisoned on abortion-related charges, but national data are incomplete.