女性は、エルサルバドルにおける中絶の禁止から死の危険にさらされ
Una mujer corre riesgo de muerte por la prohibición del aborto en El Salvador
La mujer, de 22 años, está embarazada de un feto anencefálico y gravemente enferma
El Gobierno decidirá si permite una excepción a los castigos previstos en la ley
A leyes más restrictivas, más abortos
María R. Sahuquillo Madrid 2 MAY 2013 - 00:03 CET
A woman is at risk of death from the prohibition of abortion in El Salvador
The woman, 22, is pregnant with an anencephalic fetus and critically ill
The government will decide whether to allow an exception to the penalties provided by law
A more restrictive laws, most abortions
Maria R. Sahuquillo Madrid 2 MAY 2013 - 00:03 CET
Beatrice is 22 years old and 20 weeks pregnant. If you go ahead with the pregnancy can die. Discoid lupus erythematosus and severe renal failure who has put in serious risk your life, as doctors have diagnosed that serve. In addition, the unborn baby has anencephaly, no part of the brain-and survival after birth is negligible. But Beatrice lives in El Salvador, a country where abortion is prohibited in all circumstances. Women who practice it face penalties of up to 50 years in prison, and the doctors who made up 12. A tangible threat that the DPP has already launched against this young and anyone who attends. Beatrice, who has applied to the Constitutional Court under his country and the Ibero-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), now awaits the Government of El Salvador to allow an exception to abort.
Termination of pregnancy is punishable as aggravated murder and carries up to 50 years in prison
Her story has sparked controversy in the Central American country, which in the nineties eliminated the option of therapeutic abortion then picked up his legislation. A voice like the Health Minister Maria Isabel Rodriguez, who has asked the justice to be granted special permission to be able to practice abortion on the girl without her or the doctors are punished, are set against the harsh words of the Episcopal Conference of El Salvador, which has stated that a pregnancy can not be justified under any circumstances. The bishops have also accused the women's and civil rights "using" Beatriz disease to "manipulate" the government and push to decriminalize abortion in certain circumstances.
The case UN has reached. A group of experts from the agency criticized the inaction of the Salvadoran authorities and appealed to the Government last Friday Mauricio Funes (Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front) to allow intervention to save the life of the girl. "This uncertainty has extended the suffering of Beatrice, who has full knowledge of the health of the fetus and the risk of death that she faces, put him to live a situation cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment," they said. It is the only international body that supports it. On Monday the Commission granted to the young man who had sought shelter and demanded El Salvador that meets the treatment recommended by the attending physician committee: termination of pregnancy. He urged them also to do so without delay.
The Central American country's government, which must obey the order of this international court has not yet moved tab. Meanwhile, Beatrice remains hospitalized in a hospital in the capital, say the advocates of Citizen Group for Decriminalization of Therapeutic Abortion representing it. The girl, who comes from a poor family in rural Jaquilisco (south) already have a two year old. That first pregnancy was also at risk, although lower, and remained in intensive care for 38 days, says Morena Herrera, spokesman for that group. "We have 21 days awaiting the decision of the Government. Beatriz's situation is dramatic," he says by phone.
Beatriz's situation is, for the UN experts, an example that El Salvador should consider introducing exceptions to the total ban on abortion. "International law in its current state does not prohibit nor abortion nor imposes, each State may choose which treatment they give in their domestic law," says Juan Mendez, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. "But yes international law absolutely prohibits cruel, inhuman and degrading, so the states are obliged to arbitrate effective legal means to avoid subjecting women to situations involving cruel, inhuman or degrading" he says.
The Ibero-American Court of Human Rights urged that the operation is performed
Beatriz is facing death or to jail. In El Salvador, 19 women serving prison sentences for abortion, says the lawyer for the organization Women's Link Worldwide Monica Roa, who has closely followed the process. "The Penal Code punishable by up to 14 years in prison the crime of abortion, in the case of women, but most are the processes of aggravated murder, punishable by up to 50 years," he says.
In El Salvador died, according to the data they handle women's organizations and civil rights at least 13 women due to pregnancy problems that could have been avoided if they had been allowed to abort. And it is the only country in America where similar situations occur. In 2010 a 27 year old woman with cancer in Nicaragua was killed because he refused termination of pregnancy. In 2012, a girl of 16 years with leukemia died in Dominica Republic because the authorities disavowed drug treatment because it put at risk the life of the child she was expecting, and that also came forward.
These dramatic stories added a fact by the World Health Organization: tougher laws atajan not the rate of abortions, backwards, and instead do increase the number of unsafe interventions, Marta Maria Soft impact of the International organization IPAS, struggling to avoid death and disability attributable to such practices. Soft notes that secrecy and lack of transparency of the governments make it difficult to have precise figures for this phenomenon, but the WHO estimates that 40,000 women die every year worldwide due to unsafe abortions.
"In the abstract it is difficult to defend a right that nobody wants to use. No woman wants an abortion, but there is a reality we can not deny. Women should be guaranteed a minimum of coverage for any die because they do not do an abortion. And from that basis states would have room to decide what kind of law they want ", claims the lawyer Roa. Some, like Colombia or Uruguay, and have taken that small step.
Termination of pregnancy in Latin America
Argentina. Abortion is only allowed in cases of rape and legally incapacitated mental illness and where the life of the woman.
Bolivia. One is legal, authorized by the judge, if the pregnancy is the result of "a violation, not followed by marriage abduction, rape or incest", and if the mother's life is in danger.
Brazil. It is punishable by one to four years in prison, unless the mother's health is in danger or if the pregnancy is the result of rape.
Chile. The abortion is illegal and there are no exceptions.
Colombia. In 2006, it decriminalized in three situations: danger to the health of the mother, rape and when the fetus will die.
Cuba. Since 1965, a law governing deadlines: The woman can terminate a pregnancy during the first 12 weeks.
Mexico. In the Federal District of Mexico, you can abort up to 12 weeks. In the rest of the country, is only authorized in the three classical cases.
Nicaragua. Since October 2006, is penalized under any circumstance.
Paraguay. Since 1937 is allowed only when in danger the life of the pregnant woman.
Uruguay. After an unsuccessful attempt in 2008 by the veto of President Vázquez, last October was decriminalized abortion in the first 12 weeks of gestation.
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