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The organizations IPAS, MADRE, and Women's Link Worldwide submitted a report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in which they contended that the El Salvadoran law against abortion violates several treaties that El Salvador has ratified: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR); the ...
Due to the country being strictly Catholic, abortion is considered unacceptable, even for pregnant teenage girls who face many problems. [3] Since the ban on abortion in El Salvador was passed in 1998, over 600 women accused of having an abortion have been sent to jail for up to forty years.
Maria Teresa Rivera is a woman human rights defender, working an abortion rights, from El Salvador. She was sentenced to 40 years in prison for aggravated homicide in 2011 after having a miscarriage. She served 4 and a half years of her sentence before being released.
In Belize, abortion is only allowed in cases of fetal impairment or endangerment to mother's life, and is only allowed with the authorization of health professionals. [4] In Costa Rica, abortion is only legal in cases of therapeutic abortion. [4] In El Salvador, abortion is completely banned. [4]
Abortion in El Salvador is strictly illegal, and the law allows for no exception. In El Salvador, if a woman miscarries, it is frequently assumed she deliberately induced an abortion or could have saved the baby but opted not to. Women who did not know they were pregnant or who could have prevented a miscarriage, face long prison terms.
Reproductive rights of women in El Salvador are highly restricted. The abortion policy in El Salvador is one of the most restrictive in the world. [10] Abortion is illegal in all cases, even when the mother's life is endangered. Currently both major political parties, ARENA on the right and FMLN on the left, have anti-abortion platforms.
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. [nb 1] [2] An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion"; these occur in approximately 30% to 40% of all pregnancies.
Abortion is tied to socioeconomic factors, as most prosecutions under the law were brought against young impoverished women with little education. [ 1 ] Garcia has also spoken out against the high rate of femicides and sexual violence in El Salvador, stating " Se ejerce una violencia de estado contra las mujeres " – "There is state violence ...