"Salvadoran denied abortion recovers after C-section" by Marcos Aleman | Associated Press, June 05, 2013
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — An ill Salvadoran woman who delivered a baby without a brain through a caesarean section after being denied a medical abortion is recovering well and has had her tubes tied as she requested, doctors said Tuesday.
Her baby girl died five hours after the woman had a C-section Monday....
Her bid to end what her lawyers said was a life-threatening pregnancy drew international attention and a ruling from the Inter-American Court on Human Rights that El Salvador should protect her life and help her end the pregnancy.
El Salvador’s laws prohibit all abortions, even when a woman’s health is at risk....
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