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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Sarah Johnson

Beatriz v El Salvador: the abortion case that could set a precedent across Latin America

A street protest with women waving green scarves with the slogan #JusticeforBeatriz, a picture of a woman and lines in Spanish that translate as “Beatriz wanted to live and be happy. Her strength is her right to decide.”
A protest in San Salvador for abortion rights. Beatriz was a seriously ill woman who was denied a medical abortion in 2013 despite the foetus being unviable. She later died. Photograph: Reuters

Earlier this year, Morena Herrera woke up to find that a video about her had been posted on social media. It claimed that the 64-year-old campaigner for abortion rights in El Salvador had “chased down” a young woman in hospital and “terrorised” her into seeking an abortion.

The young woman was Beatriz, who had been denied an abortion in 2013, even though she was seriously ill and the foetus would not have survived outside the uterus.

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