Landmark ruling, Inter-American Court condemns El Salvador for violating Beatriz’s human rights

Landmark ruling, Inter-American Court condemns El Salvador for violating Beatriz’s human rights

El Salvador, December 20, 2024. “I just want to live,” Beatriz said 11 years ago. Beatriz was a young mother of a small child, sick with lupus and living in poverty. In 2013 she faced a second high-risk pregnancy, in which the fetus was diagnosed as having anencephaly, meaning that it had not developed a brain, a condition incompatible with life outside the womb.

Landmark ruling, Inter-American Court condemns El Salvador for violating Beatriz’s human rights

Landmark ruling, Inter-American Court condemns El Salvador for violating Beatriz’s human rights

El Salvador, December 20, 2024. “I just want to live,” Beatriz said 11 years ago. Beatriz was a young mother of a small child, sick with lupus and living in poverty. In 2013 she faced a second high-risk pregnancy, in which the fetus was diagnosed as having anencephaly, meaning it had not developed a brain, a condition incompatible with life outside the womb.

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