El Salvador: 'Shameful' court ruling places Beatriz's life in government's hands

Headline Title:  El Salvador: 'Shameful' court ruling places Beatriz's life in government's hands 30 May 2013 Yesterday's decision by the Constitutional Chamber of El Salvador's Supreme Court of Justice to deny Beatriz her appeal for access to a therapeutic abortion is "shameful and discriminatory", Amnesty International said.“This decision violates Beatriz's human rights" said Esther Major, Amnesty International's researcher on El Salvador. “To have subjected Beatriz to this lengthy drawn-out process, taking seven weeks to come to a decision which affects…

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