… current law establishing its legality. Abortion is completely illegal in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Dominican Republic, and Suriname. In Guatemala, abortion is only legal to avoid risk to a …
The Supreme Court of El Salvador has commuted the sentences of three more women from among “Las 17”, some of whom have been in prison for a decade and more, …
… have been organised in Saltillo and Mexicali, Mexico; San Salvador and Morazán, El Salvador; Aibonito, Tallaboa Peñuelas, and Milla de Oro, Puerto Rico; Córdoba, Villa Elisa, and Mar del Plata, …
Evelyn walked out of the prison on 15 February 2019 to chants of “You are not alone!” She had been convicted of aggravated homicide in July 2017 and sentenced to …
… six countries in the region – Argentina, El Salvador, Colombia, Peru, Dominican Republic and Mexico – where pregnancy may just as well have been the result of forced sex or …
… the Decriminalisation of Abortion, which calls for the release from prison of women accused of homicide for abortions, stillbirths and miscarriages. The group presented a bill to the Salvadoran congress …
… of medical abortion with mifepristone”: what’s the real point here?’ We published some 95 newsletters during the year, including features on Ireland, Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, Algeria & Morocco, Malawi, …
Imelda Cortez had been detained without trial in San Miguel prison since April 2017. As we reported on 20 November, Imelda gave birth in the latrine of her home that …
About ten kilometers south of San Salvador de Jujuy is Alto Comedero, one of the poorest neighborhoods in the area. There is a state school of mixed secondary level, attended …
… the Fiscalía (Prosecutor) in El Salvador calling for her freedom and all charges to be dropped. Contact: @FGR_SV Here are sample tweets: #SalvemosAImelda #SalvemosAImelda El Estado también nos violenta cuando …
… from San Salvador and San Miguel to the Court of First Instance in Jiquilisco, and this time to Usulután. But worse, she said, was the “irreparable moral damage for the …
by A Zureick, A Khan, A Chen, A Reyes International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, October 2018; 143:121-26 El Salvador’s abortion law is actively enforced, which undermines the ethical duties …
… positive strides forward. This newsletter celebrates them, and all the people who have worked tirelessly to make them possible. We hope they help to energise us all. El Salvador commutes …
… six chapters. Part III is headed “Reactions and counter-reactions” and contains five chapters. Each part is introduced by one of the editors. PHOTO: El Salvador, PBS.org, 13 December 2013 | …
… in Recife, 7 in Salvador and 4 in São Luís) participated. A total of 3064 women were eligible, of whom 2.7% refused to participate and 5.8% were discharged or died …
… abortion debate mirrors Ireland in every respect bar one: Unable to travel from Argentina for an abortion, 3,000 women have died since 1983.” Today, El País reports: “Argentina votes on …
