… binding on the 23 countries that ratified the American Convention. Notably, the United States never ratified the American Convention and is not bound by it. The inter-American human rights system …
… her to the city’s hospital, but the doctors refused to perform the termination. Furthermore, they didn’t respect the ruling of the local court, that prescribed an abortion. The girl and …
… willing to participate in providing surgical abortion and 88% welcomed training on the new regulations on abortion. In El Salvador, unpublished recommendations to the government from the UN Working Group …
… the National Congress, in which they urgently demand the legalization of voluntary abortion in the Congress of the Nation. Infobae, Argentina: “En situación de pandemia, legalizar el aborto es más …
… other women are still in prison accused of abortion or homicide, however, which may also been miscarriages or stillbirths instead. The courts in El Salvador don’t seem to mind which …
… September, they presented a letter addressed to the Procurador del Común (Attorney General), the Patient Ombudsman and the Provincial Director of the Regional Health Management. This is the second time …
… (1)Supreme Court rules that risk to health is grounds for the right to alegal abortion; (2) thegoverning Morena Party’s parliamentarians’ group tables a bill to legaliseabortion in the first 12 …
… to life, the right ofnon-discrimination on the basis of gender, the right to privacy, the right to personalintegrity, and the right to free decision-making or autonomy. All of those areconstitutional …
… these women,” said Flores. “The prosecutors are the ones who are always pushing for the longest sentences…. They’re still pursuing the same approach: charge first and ask questions later,” said …
… abuses throughout the region, where girls are regularly subjected to sexual abuse and forced into pregnancies and motherhood against their will. The goal of the litigation is to make visible …
… The Report was published in the Campaign newsletter. Everyone who registered was asked to write a paragraph about what they wanted to cover in the sessions. These were developed into …
… Miguel prison, where she has been awaiting trial since April 2017. The Judge asked Imelda’s legal team if they had any comments on the delay. Arnau Baulenas, from the Institute …
… grounds: 1. when the continuation of the pregnancy endangers the life and the health of the pregnant woman; 2. at the request of the woman, when the pregnancy is the …
… (outpatient clinic or primary health unit) for the care they needed. The percentage whose first care-seeking venue was outside the health system (i.e. a drugstore, use of traditional medicine at …
… of abortion there has always been silence. Although they were the first party to introduce an abortion law reform bill after 20 years in power, they then postponed the debate …
… in the bathroom where she worked, having suffered a massive loss of blood. Prosecutors accused her of murdering the fetus by repeatedly flushing the toilet. Her lawyer says the fetus …
