{"id":1036120,"date":"2023-03-24T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2023\/mar\/24\/historic-moment-as-el-salvador-abortion-case-fuels-hopes-for-expanded-access-across-latin-america"},"modified":"2023-03-24T07:00:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T07:00:16","slug":"historic-moment-as-el-salvador-abortion-case-fuels-hopes-for-expanded-access-across-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/03\/24\/historic-moment-as-el-salvador-abortion-case-fuels-hopes-for-expanded-access-across-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Historic moment\u2019 as El Salvador abortion case fuels hopes for expanded access across Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Human rights court hears seriously ill woman denied procedure as advocates call for change in region with world\u2019s most restrictive abortion laws<\/p>

Human rights activists in Latin America hope that a historic court hearing over the case of a Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion despite her high-risk pregnancy could open the way for El Salvador to decriminalize abortions \u2013 and set an important precedent across the region.<\/p>

The inter-American court of human rights (IACHR) this week considered the historic case of the woman, known as Beatriz, who was prohibited from having an abortion in 2013, even though she was seriously ill and the foetus she was carrying would not have survived outside the uterus.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n

This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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