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Editorial: Prejudice Against Women

El Diario — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:01:41 +0000

Congress must understand that Planned Parenthood offers much more than abortion services

The unexpected link between aborted fetuses and vaccines

Impremedia — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:02:00 +0000

When people think of a vaccine-abortion link, they often think vaccines are causing pregnancy complications. While that is a legitimate concern, there is another reason…

Teen from El Salvador may be pardoned from 30-year sentence for having a miscarriage

Impremedia — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 08:01:00 +0000

All forms of abortion are illegal in El Salvador, whether the abortion was intentional or not. Because of this, a woman can be put in jail if she has a miscarriage from natural causes. Guadalupe is one such woman. She was imprisoned when she was only 18 years old when complications with her second pregnancy led to a miscarriage. She was working as a housekeeper for a well-heeled Salvadoran family, who rushed her to the nearest hospital after she collapsed on the job. Unfortunately for Guadalupe, the nearest hospital happened to be the San Bartolo National Hospital, a public health clinic. SEE ALSO: Spain’s plan to limit abortions scrapped As soon as the doctors saw her, they called the police. They had no evidence that Guadalupe had intentionally terminated her pregnancy but this did not stop them from interrogating her on her hospital bed without a lawyer. They arrested her on suspicion of murder and sentenced her to 30 years in jail. Guadalupe is not alone. Dozens of women, mostly young and all poor, are put behind bars for the same reason every year in El Salvador because of the incredibly strict anti-abortion laws, some would say the strictest in the world. Authorities are hell-bent on applying these laws with no exceptions. SEE ALSO: Argentina’s abortion battle pushes women into legal labyrinth However, there is hope. Certain government authorities are beginning to realize how illogical and mad these laws really are. Today is the 23rd anniversary of El Salvadors Peace Accords so Congress will vote on a resolution to pardon Guadalupe, who has already served 8 years of her sentence. The vote would be a major victory for Central Americas feminist movement. Guadalupe could be released from jail as early as next week, Salvadoran feminist leader and former FMLN guerrilla fighter Morena Herrera told Fusion in a phone interview. This represents new hope for us. Now were going to have to fight to get pardons for the others on a case by case basis.

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This one thing could plummet teen birth numbers

Impremedia — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:10:00 +0000

The latest data indicates teen pregnancies, as a whole, are down over the last few years, but even with a decline, more than 750,000 teenage…

The Latin American country imprisoning women for miscarriages

Impremedia — Wed, 07 May 2014 12:05:00 +0000

El Salvador has become the center for a feminist rally regarding miscarriages. The country, along with Nicaragua, Honduras, Dominican Republic, and Chile, has strict law…

Intolerance in the House

Impremedia — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:01:03 +0000

Intolerance in the House of RepresentativesIt is unconceivable that the House of Representatives is attempting to impose its moral values on American women by blocking access to legal medical procedures like abortion.Terminating a pregnancy is a personal decision under the law; it is up to women to make this decision. Men, by nature, will never […]

A different priority

Impremedia — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 13:11:05 +0000

Pope Francis is charting a different course within the Catholic Church’s many priorities. He did not change anything, but rather elevated a traditional positionsocial doctrineto the top of the Church’s list of priorities.One would expect this renewed emphasis to also be reflected at the General Assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which starts […]