A court may soon rule against El Salvador’s anti-abortion law. But will that make a difference?
APRIL 24, 2023
By Anna-Catherine Brigida
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador—Alba Lorena Santos had just returned home from running errands when her headache began. She saw blood running down her legs. She was five months pregnant.
Santos told her daughter to call their neighbor, a relative by marriage, for help. She fainted shortly after. When she woke up, she remembers the neighbor telling her the baby—a boy—had died.
The next day the neighbor returned and said the police were there to ask some questions. Still sick and feverish, Santos said she was put into a police car and asked: “Why did you kill him? Not even dogs do that.”
Continued: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/24/abortion-bans-popular-el-salvador-latin-america/
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