The country's first-ever woman leader said she had made the change by executive order for International Women's Day, on 8 March. During an interview for a BBC documentary on black market abortion pills, filmed in July 2022, Honduran Health Secretary Jose Manuel Matheu said that the country would never change its stance on the issue. "Abortion is illegal in all cases in Honduras, punishable by up to six years in prison, even in cases of rape or incest