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FERTILITY AND MORTALITY CONTEXTABORTION POLICYREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CONTEXT
El Salvador
Grounds on !"#! a$or%"on "s &'r("%%'d
To save the life of the womanNo
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To preserve physical healthNoTo preserve mental healthNoRape or incestNoFoetal impairmentNoEconomic or social reasonsNoAvailable on requestNo
Add"%"onal r')u"r'('n%s
Not applicable.
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Abortion law in El !alva"or has been amen"e" to remove all in"ications for the le#al performance of abortions$ however% it is a matter of "ispute whether a "efense of necessity mi#ht be allowe" to &ustify an abortion performe" to save the life of the woman.
'overnment view of fertility level(Too hi#h 'overnment intervention concernin# fertility level(To lower 'overnment policy on contraceptive use()irect support provi"e"ercenta#e of currently marrie" women usin# mo"ern contraception +a#e" 1,-% 199/0(,/Total fertility rate +199,-2220(/.A#e-specific fertility rate +per 1%222 women a#e" 1,-19% 199,-2220(9,'overnment has e3presse" particular concern about(4orbi"ity an" mortality resultin# from in"uce" abortion..5omplications of chil"bearin# an" chil"birth..4aternal mortality ratio +per 122%222 live births$ 19920( National /225entral America 12Female life e3pectancy at birth +199,-2220(6/
Source:
The opulation olicy )ata 7an8 maintaine" by the opulation )ivision of the )epartment of Economic an" !ocial Affairs of thenite" Nations !ecretariat. For a""itional sources% see list of references.
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