In a surprise reversal, Guatemala’s conservative President Alejandro Giammattei came out against a recently passed bill increasing penalties for abortions and banning same-sex marriage.

President Alejandro Giammattei: “I have decided that if that law reaches my office, it will be vetoed. … It violates two conventions to which Guatemala is a signatory. Its wording has technical deficiencies, and, furthermore, it violates the republic’s political constitution.”

Guatemala’s Congress had approved the bill on Tuesday — International Women’s Day. It would increase prison sentences for people who have an abortion to 10 years.