Activists targeted as US-linked hard-right campaigns sow disinformation ahead of inter-American court of human rights ruling on case of woman who was denied abortion in 2013

Summary

The Beatriz v. El Salvador case, currently before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, challenges El Salvador’s total abortion ban and could set a precedent across Latin America, where abortion is illegal in seven countries.

Beatriz, a severely ill woman, was denied an abortion in 2013 despite carrying an unviable fetus and later died in 2017.

Activists face escalating disinformation, threats, and digital attacks, often from US-linked far-right groups.

A ruling in favor of Beatriz could pressure governments to decriminalize abortion, intensifying the clash over reproductive rights in the region.