Sexuality Policy Watch

Groups Sue Government of El Salvador Over Treatment of Beatriz, Criminalization of Abortion

Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion in El Salvador, the Feminist Collective for Local Development, CEJIL (Center for Justice and International Law) and Ipas Central America filed suit against El Salvador State on the case of Beatriz, a young woman who, despite carrying an anencephalic fetus, had to fight in justice to make the abortion. The groups demand  reparation of the damages suffered by Beatriz and seeks to order the Salvadoran government to modify its laws in order to fully guarantee women the right to heal. The country does not allow the procedure no matter the circumstances. Click here to learn more about it.



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