Activists have called for a human rights court to condemn El Salvador's abortion ban in a case brought a decade ago by a woman who died after being forced to carry a pregnancy, although the fetus could not survive.
SAN SALVADOR — Women’s rights activists on Monday called for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to condemn El Salvador in a case brought a decade ago by a woman who died after being forced to carry a pregnancy, although the fetus could not survive.In February 2013, a young woman known only as Beatriz was diagnosed with her second high-risk pregnancy.
Beatriz appealed to the Supreme Court and the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights , but the Salvadoran court rejected her request for an abortion and in June she underwent a C-section. The child died hours later. Beatriz’ health deteriorated and she died four years later, aged 26. Beatriz's brother Humberto said at the news conference, “we were filled with pain at her passing, and still are when we go to visit her grave... Her son asks where his mama is and hugs her tombstone.”
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