Zika exposes the inequity of the rigid Salvadoran legislation on abortion

"El riesgo de que mujeres embarazadas enfermen de Zika pone al descubierto la inequidad de la rígida legislación salvadoreña sobre el aborto. Las adolescentes pobres tienen menor acceso a anticonceptivos y corren un riesgo alto de quedar embarazadas y contraer un virus que causa microcefalia en los fetos. Y cualquier intento de interrumpir el embarazo temprano las expone a ser tratadas como criminales."

"The risk that pregnant women will become ill with Zika exposes the inequity of the rigid Salvadoran legislation on abortion. Poor adolescent girls have less access to contraceptives and are at high risk of becoming pregnant and contracting a virus that causes microcephaly in fetuses. And any attempt to terminate the pregnancy early exposes them to being treated as criminals."

“La condena de la embarazada pobre, (The Condemnation of the Poor, Pregnant Woman” a Spanish-language article by Jocelyn Viterna, El Faro (Salvadoran newspaper), 07/28/2016.