TIME00386
Latin America and the Caribbean
El Salvador
Yes
Abortion
Restrict
Statement by a national authority
03-2014
El Salvador: The archbishop of El Salvador, a key actor in the 1997 process regarding the absolute abortion ban, made newspaper headlines after calling on candidates to commit to legislating against abortion. At the peak of the electoral campaign, the then president Mauricio Funes (FMLN) declared his opposition to abortion.