BBC News reports: Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has said he will resign if the National Assembly decriminalises abortion as part of a reform of the Penal Code.
Mr Correa, whose term ends in 2017, described himself as a “left-wing, humanist, Roman Catholic”.
He said members of his own governing alliance have been pushing for the change.
“They can do whatever they want. I will never approve the decriminalisation of abortion,” he said.
Mr Correa has accused many members of his governing bloc of betraying him and trying to push their own agenda by stealth.
Rafael Correa was elected earlier this year to an unprecedented third term“It has cost me more, the betrayals of my own supposed friends, than the acts of my enemies.”
“If these acts of betrayal and disloyalty go on, I will tender my resignation,” said Mr Correa.
BBC News has more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24499248
