The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has ruled that El Salvador violated the human rights of a Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion despite her high-risk pregnancy in 2013. The court has ordered the Central American country to adopt “all necessary regulatory measures” so that doctors are authorised to terminate “pregnancies that pose a risk to the woman’s life and health”. The decision announced this Friday also “recommended” that El Salvador amend its laws to allow abortion “in cases of fetal incompatibility with life outside the womb, as well as where there is a risk to the life
International court rules against El Salvador in key abortion rights case
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