NEWS
El Salvador's Cautionary Tale
July 2006
from Planned Parenthood Federation of America's choice! magazine
PUBLICATIONS
Reports
Persecuted: Political Process and Abortion Legislation in El Salvador: A Human Rights Analysis
El Salvador 's abortion law is one of the most restrictive in the world. Abortion is not permitted even to save the life of the pregnant woman. This report analyzes how the law and its application violate women's reproductive rights—rights that are protected under fundamental international human rights law. The report also documents how low-income women, young women, and women with limited formal education are the primary victims of this unjust law.
Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives -- Latin America and the Caribbean
Mas allá del derecho. Justicia y género en América Latina
(available in Spanish only). This book is the first publication of the Red Alas network, a Latin American network of law professors that aims to reform legal education in the region from a gender perspective. The Center for Reproductive Rights supports and is a part of this network.
Bodies on Trial: Reproductive Rights in Latin American Courts
Briefing Papers
Shadow Reports
Organizations like the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners play an essential role in providing credible and reliable independent information to international human rights treaty monitoring bodies regarding the legal status and real-life situation of women and the efforts being made by governments to comply with human rights treaties. Shadow reports work to supplement, or "shadow," governments' reports on human rights issues by calling attention to their strides, as well as their setbacks.
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