San José, Costa Rica, Jun 16, 2011 / 16:00 pm
The Costa Rican government has shelved a measure that would have legalized in vitro fertilization in the country.
“Lawmakers for and against it criticized the official measure and called it ‘confusing’,” even though the vote was decided by a razor-thin margin, the Costa Rican daily La Nacion pointed out.
By a margin of 26-25, House of Representatives lawmakers decided on June 14 that the bill was too vague to be considered.
According to La Nacion, the decision by the Costa Rican government is a push-back against pressure from the Inter-American Human Rights Court to approve in vitro fertilization. The court had given Costa Rica until July 31 to pass the measure.