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June 4, 2013

Ailing El Salvador Woman Undergoes C-Section After Weeks of Fighting for Abortion 
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In El Salvador, a woman denied an abortion by the Supreme Court has
undergone a C-section to end the pregnancy doctors said threatened her
life. The woman known as "Beatriz" suffers from lupus and kidney
problems and had begged for an abortion for weeks. Last week the health
minister granted permission for surgery. As predicted by doctors, the
roughly 27-week-old baby died shortly after it was removed because it
lacked major portions of the brain.

 

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