Summary
The Beatriz v. El Salvador case, currently before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, challenges El Salvador’s total abortion ban and could set a precedent across Latin America, where abortion is illegal in seven countries.
Beatriz, a severely ill woman, was denied an abortion in 2013 despite carrying an unviable fetus and later died in 2017.
Activists face escalating disinformation, threats, and digital attacks, often from US-linked far-right groups.
A ruling in favor of Beatriz could pressure governments to decriminalize abortion, intensifying the clash over reproductive rights in the region.
This happened in Peru 100 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Medina
And in Paraguay, an average of two girls between the ages of 10 and 14 give birth every day: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/30/paraguay-child-teen-pregnancies
That’s how little has changed.
See also: Idaho, USA.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Idaho