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12 Countries Call on El Salvador to Decriminalize Abortion
12 Countries Call on El Salvador to Decriminalize Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) Twelve countries denounced the criminalization of abortion in El Salvador this week as part of the Universal Periodic Review of the country currently being [...]
Fact Sheet: Manuela vs. El Salvador
Manuela, a 33-year-old Salvadoran woman of low socio-economic resources, died of cancer while serving an unjust 30-year prison sentence for [...]
The Total Criminalization of Abortion in El Salvador
El Salvador has one of the world’s most restrictive abortion laws, banning abortion in all circumstances, even when the pregnancy poses a risk to a woman’s life, health or in cases of rape. The country’s [...]
UN Committee: El Salvador’s Absolute Ban on Abortion Violates Women’s Human Rights
UN Committee: El Salvador’s Absolute Ban on Abortion Violates Women’s Human Rights Committee calls on Salvadoran government to immediately review and amend the country’s extreme abortion laws, which have led to the harsh criminalization of [...]
Marginalized, Persecuted, and Imprisoned: The Effects of El Salvador’s Total Criminalization of Abortion
The situation in El Salvador is a clear manifestation of how the criminalization of abortion violates the state’s international obligation to respect, protect, and fulfill human rights. This criminalization violates women’s rights to life, health, [...]
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Orders El Salvador Government to Allow Pregnant Woman with Critical Complications Access to Life-saving Health Care
IACHR Orders El Salvador Government to Allow Pregnant Woman Access to Life-Saving Health Care (PRESS RELEASE) Just hours after the Salvadoran Supreme Court denied a potentially life-saving abortion for a woman with serious complications in [...]
Salvadoran Supreme Court Denies Woman Life-Saving Abortion
Salvadoran Supreme Court Denies Woman Life-Saving Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) The Supreme Court in El Salvador ruled today that a woman facing serious health complications in her pregnancy cannot have an abortion that could save her [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Implores Supreme Court of El Salvador To Authorize Emergency Abortion for Woman Facing Life-Threatening Complications
CRR Implores Supreme Court of El Salvador To Authorize Emergency Abortion for Woman Facing Life-Threatening Complication (PRESS RELEASE) “Beatríz” (a pseudonym) is a 22-year old Salvadoran woman who is 5 months pregnant and experiencing severe [...]
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Salvadorian Woman Imprisoned For Abortion Pardoned and Freed
Center for Reproductive Rights Applauds Judge’s Decision, Repeats Call for Reversal of El Salvador’s Cruel and Destructive Abortion Ban (PRESS RELEASE) A Salvadoran judge has granted pardon to “Mery” (a pseudonym), a 27-year-old woman with [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Senate’s Vote to Repeal the Global Gag Rule
The Center for Reproductive Rights calls on President Bush to sign the bill repealing the Global Gag Rule. The President has repeatedly stated his commitment to cultivating democracy abroad and should therefore, take this opportunity [...]
Bush Administration Urged to Implement HIV/AIDS Initiative without Strings Attached
Statement of Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights "Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $15 billion HIV/AIDS plan aimed at combating the AIDS pandemic internationally over the next five years. We applaud [...]
Persecuted: Political Process and Abortion Legislation in El Salvador: A Human Rights Analysis
A recent constitutional amendment protecting the right to life from conception provides the fuel for this investigative report, which examines how these draconian measures have impacted women's lives in El Salvador. The report also examines [...]
Persecuted: Political Process and Abortion Legislation in El Salvador: A Human Rights Analysis (Spanish)
A recent constitutional amendment protecting the right to life from conception provides the fuel for this investigative report, which examines how these draconian measures have impacted women's lives in El Salvador. The report also examines [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
