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| Impunity Watch Open Close primary navigation About Us Africa Rights Watch European Rights Watch ICC Rights Watch Inter-American Rights Watch COVID-19 Blog Series Journal of Global Rights and Organizations Special Features Topics Archived Posts Contact Us Search Search People Search A Voice for the Voiceless IACHR Hears First Case on El Salvador’s Total Abortion Ban May 5, 2023 Alexa Connaughton Impunity Watch News Staff Writer
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has heard its first case regarding the total criminalization of abortion and is expected to deliver a formal written opinion before the end of the year. The case, Beatriz, et al. v. El Salvador , was recommended to the Court by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights alleging violations of Beatriz’s rights to life and health, to be free from inhumane treatment, to privacy, and to equity before the law. The Court’s decision on this case is
In 2013, eleven weeks into her pregnancy Beatriz was diagnosed with a high-risk pregnancy. Beatriz suffered from lupus and other ailments and was diagnosed shortly after her first pregnancy. An ultrasound revealed that the fetus was anencephalic, a lethal condition in which part of the brain and skull don’t develop inside the womb. Carrying this type of pregnancy to term can lead to many complications including obstetrical hemorrhaging. The medical committee at El Salvador’s national maternity hospital reco
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