Strict abortion laws are created in the name of the Catholic Church. They are felt most strongly by poor women in the city and rural regions. Image by Eleanor Klibanoff, El Salvador, 2013.
“According to the law in Nicaragua and El Salvador, all abortions are illegal, including therapeutic termination in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. Activists in these countries are working to change these restrictions and the fate of women who are suffering silently. But most importantly, they have to change a crucial misunderstanding propagated by the Catholic Church and its pro-life supporters.”
Eleanor Klibinanoff reports on Nicaraguans’ and Salvadorans’ attitudes toward therapeutic abortion for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting