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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In El Salvador, you can purchase contraception (birth control) without a prescription.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> According to a 2015 report, 70.7% of Salvadoran women (who are married or in unions) use any form of contraception. The most common forms of contraception are female sterilization (34.4%), injectables (19.5%), pills (4.8%) and male condoms (4.2%).<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in | In El Salvador, you can purchase contraception (birth control) without a prescription.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> According to a 2015 report, 70.7% of Salvadoran women (who are married or in unions) use any form of contraception, including traditional methods. The most common forms of contraception are female sterilization (34.4%), injectables (19.5%), pills (4.8%) and male condoms (4.2%).<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in | ||
Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | ||
Since the 1960s, family planning services have been available through the Ministry of Health and the Social Security Institute of El Salvador (ISSS) and the Asociación Demográfica Salvadoreña (ADS), a private affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.<ref>[http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm UN Report: El Salvador - Abortion Policy]</ref> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
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===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
In El Salvador, women are given 12 weeks of maternity leave with 75% of their wages covered.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave Parental Leave]</ref> | |||
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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In El Salvador, abortion is completely prohibited. No matter the reason, including when pregnancy endangers the life of the woman, when pregnancy endangers the physical or mental health of a woman, when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, when there is risk of fetal impairment, when there are serious social or economic or social reasons for an abortion, El Salvador does not permit abortion. However, this was not always the case. Before 1998, El Salvador allowed abortion under limited circumstances. These exceptions were removed in the new Penal Code (1998), following a bill proposed by the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) in 1997. Furthermore, in 1999, El Salvador amended its Constitution to recognize life as beginning at concept. | |||
Opponents of Salvador abortion law include IPAS, MADRE and Women's Link Worldwide. These groups claim that Salvador abortion laws go against many treaties signed by El Salvador, so they have submitted a report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||