El Salvador MPs have 'blood on their hands': abortion campaigners

APRIL 27, 2018 / 1:54 PM / UPDATED 28 MINUTES AGO
 Anastasia Molone

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - El Salvador’s lawmakers have “blood on their hands”, rights campaigners said on Friday, after parliament failed to consider proposals that would have decriminalised abortion in some circumstances.

Abortion is a crime in the Catholic-majority nation under strict laws that campaigners say put women’s lives in danger.

About 25 women are in prison accused of abortion-related crimes even though rights groups say they actually suffered miscarriages, stillbirths or pregnancy complications.

“El Salvador’s lawmakers have blood on their hands after declining to even discuss the reform to decriminalize abortion,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, in a statement on Friday.

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