Tim’s El Salvador Blog: What Salvadoran bloggers are saying — abortion and gay marriage

“A variety of issues have been discussed in the Salvadoran blogosphere in past weeks. Much discussion went to Jack Hitt’s article in the April 9, 2006 Sunday New York Times Magazine titled Pro-Life Nation. In the article, Hitt describes El Salvador’s complete criminalization of abortion which includes the prosecution and imprisonment of women who have abortions, and there are no exceptions for rape, incest or the health of the mother. The article produced a spirited debate in comments on Tim’s El Salvador Blog where some celebrated the “pro-life” policy of the government and others condemned the idea that a government which was not addressing poverty and childhood diseases could be considered as pro-life. “

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