UN EXPERTS URGE EL SALVADOR TO RECONSIDER ABORTION LEGISLATION, CITING RULING AGAINST ILL WOMAN UNITED STATES ADD CLAUSE ONLY "PHYSICAL SAFETY AND NOT SABOTAGE"

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UN EXPERTS URGE EL SALVADOR TO RECONSIDER ABORTION LEGISLATION, CITING
RULING AGAINST ILL WOMANNew York, Jun 4 2013 2:00PMA group of United
Nations independent experts today called on the Government of El
Salvador to reconsider its abortion legislation, following a ruling by
the Supreme Court which denied the procedure to a seriously ill woman.

"It is high time to reconsider the serious consequences on women's
rights of the abortion legislation and practice in El Salvador, and to
afford the legal protection that all women in the country deserve,"
said the experts in a
<"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13404&LangID=E">news
release.

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled to deny a woman, known only as
"Beatriz" to protect her privacy, the right to undergo an abortion,
even though the pregnancy was threatening her life and her baby had
been deemed unlikely to survive. Instead, Beatriz underwent a
Caesarian section yesterday, but her baby died shortly after birth due
to the brain condition that had been identified as fatal.

"This Court ruling exposed the physical and mental health of Beatriz
to serious risk, which could eventually threaten her life," said the
UN experts on right to health, torture, and discrimination and
violence against women, Anand Grover, Juan E. Méndez, Kamala
Chandrakirana and Rashida Manjoo.

However, they welcomed the decision made by high-level public
officials, including the Minister of Health, which allowed an
alternative procedure to be carried out; and expressed their hope that
medical professionals who provided the required treatment will not be
sanctioned.

Beatriz, 22, is still in urgent need for medical intervention, and the
experts underlined that her condition could lead to irreparable damage
to her life and physical and mental integrity.

"The court's decision is in clear contravention of El Salvador's human
rights obligations, including article 12 of the International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which recognizes the right to
the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health," they
warned, "and article 12 of the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against women to which El Salvador is party."

The experts highlighted that having obliged Beatriz to continue with
the pregnancy could amount to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment.
"An absolute ban on abortion, when the result is serious risk to the
life and health of the woman, constitutes a violation of the State's
obligation to prevent torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment." they said.Jun 4 2013 2:00PM
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