Public Hearing of the Beatriz et al. v. El Salvador Case.
This fight is for Beatriz and for all of them. May Beatriz's voice be heard.
#JusticeForBeatriz #March2023Historic #BeatrizWantedToLive.
Beatriz wanted to live and be happy
#Justice for Beatriz
Beatriz, a young woman/mother from a rural area of El Salvador, in extreme poverty and with lupus who fought for her life against the State to allow her to terminate a pregnancy that put her at risk and in which the product was diagnosed with malformations that would prevent it from living outside the uterus.
La historia de Beatriz puso al descubierto ante el mundo los graves impactos de la penalización absoluta del aborto en El Salvador. Su caso fue discutido en audiencia pública ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. La resolución podría beneficiar a las mujeres salvadoreñas y de toda la región.
We invite you to learn about her story and join the petition for #JusticiaParaBeatriz.
2012, March
Beatriz, who suffered from lupus, became a mom at age 21
Despite economic and health problems, Beatriz was determined to provide her son with a good life.
2013, March
State denies termination, her life in danger
Beatriz is forced to continue with a pregnancy that day by day was taking her life.
2013, May
The State turns its back, for a second time
With its ruling, the medical personnel's hands are tied even though they know that only the abortion could save her.
2013, May
Beatriz sues the State
Beatriz sues the State: she demands reparations and that no other woman should experience what she did.
Coming soon, early 2023
The trial against El Salvador is about to take place.
So that this story does not repeat itself, join the #JusticiaParaBeatriz petition. "I wouldn't want other women to go through what I did," Beatriz
2013, March
Beatriz becomes pregnant for a second time, severe fetal malformations detected
2013, April
Beatriz's story crosses frontiers
Anticipating the worst-case scenario, organizations take the case to the IACHR.
2013, May
The IACHR Court orders the intervention
The IACHR and organizations ask the IACHR Court to intervene. The IACHR Court decides to protect Beatriz and forces the State to terminate the pregnancy.
2017, October
Beatriz passed away on October 8, 2017.
2012, March
Beatriz, who suffered from lupus, became a mom at age 21
Despite economic and health problems, Beatriz was determined to provide her son with a good life.
2013, March
State denies termination, her life in danger
Beatriz is forced to continue with a pregnancy that day by day was taking her life.
2013, May
The State turns its back, for a second time
With its ruling, the medical personnel's hands are tied even though they know that only the abortion could save her.
2013, May
Beatriz sues the State
Beatriz sues the State: she demands reparations and that no other woman should experience what she did.
Coming soon, early 2023
The trial against El Salvador is about to take place.
So that this story does not repeat itself, join the #JusticiaParaBeatriz petition. "I wouldn't want other women to go through what I did," Beatriz
2013, March
Beatriz becomes pregnant for a second time, severe fetal malformations detected
2013, April
Beatriz's story crosses frontiers
Anticipating the worst-case scenario, organizations take the case to the IACHR.
2013, May
The IACHR Court orders the intervention
The IACHR and organizations ask the IACHR Court to intervene. The IACHR Court decides to protect Beatriz and forces the State to terminate the pregnancy.
2017, October
Beatriz passed away on October 8, 2017.
The IACHR and organizations ask the IACHR Court to intervene. The IACHR Court decides to protect Beatriz and forces the State to terminate the pregnancy.
Beatriz,
a legacy of fighting for life
"I wouldn't want other women to go through what I went through."
Beatriz, 2015
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Beatriz's story is not the only one
In 1997, El Salvador's Penal Code was reformed to establish the prohibition of abortion. Since then, women who suffer a health emergency during pregnancy have been persecuted.
According to the "From Hospital to Prison" investigation, 181 cases were prosecuted between 1998 and 2019, which allows "identifying the legal impact of the current penalizing legislation." As of today, the number of cases prosecuted has increased to 196.
Beatriz's case is emblematic because it exposed the serious consequences of the criminalization of pregnancy termination, a restriction that prevented her from accessing an abortion in a timely manner when her life and health were at risk.
"We began tallying the cases, and there were several like hers." - Guillermo Ortiz, Beatriz's attending doctot
Guillermo Ortiz, Beatriz's Attending Physician
"I wouldn't want other women to go through what I went through, that's why I have filed a lawsuit against the State." Beatriz, 2015
Beatriz's story reflects the reality of millions of women in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Join the petition for #JusticiaParaBeatriz!
Supporting evidence
International day of global action for women's health
May 30, 2022
El Salvador, virtual
Screening of the video report Justice for Beatriz.
September 28, 2022
Costa Rica
The story of Beatriz and Latin America
Beatriz's case is not the only one.
Learn more about the situation of women and girls in Latin America.
Beatriz's story is not the only one
to the demonstrations of support,
use on social networks the hashtag
#JusticeForBeatriz
#JusticiaParaBeatriz
- Marcos Gómez 🕯 (@GomezMarcos). January 23, 2023
Beatriz, a young woman from El Salvador, fought against the State ✊👩 to allow her to terminate an unviable pregnancy that put her health and life at risk.
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