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With all the talk lately about immigrants from El Salvador, I thought it might be helpful to share a documentary about El Salvador, which highlights how repressive their country's government is towards women:
In El Salvador, women have been jailed even for having miscarriages. Abortion is completely illegal, even to save the life of the mother. Donors from the religious right and evangelicals in the US have been documented interfering in the political process in El Salvador, fighting the liberalization of abortion laws there for decades.
How El Salvador’s evangelicals have joined the backlash against women’s reproductive rights
It's clear to me that El Salvador is a very dysfunctional country. Perhaps before blaming immigrants, we should be examining ourselves to see what role we play in supporting a repressive society where half the population doesn't have even basic rights to medically necessary procedures.
In El Salvador, women have been jailed even for having miscarriages. Abortion is completely illegal, even to save the life of the mother. Donors from the religious right and evangelicals in the US have been documented interfering in the political process in El Salvador, fighting the liberalization of abortion laws there for decades.
How El Salvador’s evangelicals have joined the backlash against women’s reproductive rights
It's clear to me that El Salvador is a very dysfunctional country. Perhaps before blaming immigrants, we should be examining ourselves to see what role we play in supporting a repressive society where half the population doesn't have even basic rights to medically necessary procedures.
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