A recent court case in El Salvador has again highlighted the restrictive abortion laws in the country. Imelda Cortez, 20, is facing charges of attempting to abort her unborn child. She became pregnant at 18 after being raped by her stepfather. Her baby girl was born...
For this week’s column, I was debating writing about a few different topics that impact girls. It’s been a rough political week, both in the United States and worldwide, and I decided to do something different. I’ll be back to my regular formatted...
Last week, a teen girl in El Salvador was sentenced to 30 years in prison after she gave birth to a stillborn baby last year. The Guardian reported that the then-18-year-old girl had been repeatedly raped by a gang member. Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez Cruz was...