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The Star on June 7 published an op-ed, "Here's why abortion must remain legal," by Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights.

Beatriz , the 22-year-old El Salvadoran woman who was in desperate need of an emergency abortion in order to survive, finally underwent a C-section after being granted permission by the El Salvador health minister.

Doctors performed a C-section on a chronically ill Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion despite her high-risk pregnancy, the head of a support group said.

El Salvador's highest court on Wednesday denied an appeal from a woman with a high-risk pregnancy to be allowed to undergo an abortion, upholding the country's strict law banning abortion under any circumstances.

The woman, known only as "Beatriz" to protect her identity, made the announcement after the country's Supreme Court rejected an appeal brought by the 22-year-old woman, to terminate her pregnancy.

On Wednesday, the highest court in El Salvador denied an abortion to a woman with a pregnancy that is so high-risk that doctors say it could kill her.

El Salvador's highest court Wednesday denied an appeal from a woman with a high-risk pregnancy to be allowed to undergo an abortion, upholding the country's strict law banning abortion under any circumstances.

El Salvador's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday against allowing a woman suffering from kidney failure and lupus to terminate a pregnancy in which the fetus is given no chance of surviving.

Until recently, if a pregnant woman wanted to determine the genetic health of her baby, she had to endure a series of crude and invasive tests.

Until recently, if a pregnant woman wanted to determine the genetic health of her baby, she had to endure a series of crude and invasive tests.