Seriously ill woman denied abortion in El Salvador

The Supreme Court of El Salvador has denied a seriously ill pregnant woman permission to have an abortion, even though her foetus has almost no chance of survival.



Lawyers for the young woman, who suffers from lupus and kidney failure, had argued that continuing the pregnancy would place her life at risk.



The foetus itself is missing part or all of its brain.



All abortions are prohibited in El Salvador under any circumstances.



The constitution in the majority Roman Catholic country protects the right to life from the moment of conception.



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